The Task Exposure Indexv2026.Q3
Occupational family

AI exposure in educational instruction and library occupations

62 occupations, 1,636 tasks, scored against the capability frontier of 2026-09-15. This family ranks 5 of 22 by median exposed share.

42.2%
median exposed share computed
62
occupations in the family
7.0M
US jobs in this family sourced
$78,580
median of the family’s median wages

Reading this family

computed

The median educational instruction and library occupation has 42.2% of its weighted task load in work current AI systems can already produce, which is 17.9 points above the median across every occupation in the index. Weighted by how many people actually do these jobs, the figure is 34.0%, across 7,020,580 US workers. 56 of these occupations fall in the exposed band, 0 in assisted and 6 in untouched.

What holds the line across this family is context, at 1.87 out of 3, the highest of the five friction dimensions here. In plain terms the obstacle is knowing things a model cannot hold. The work runs on private, tacit or real-time organisational knowledge. This is the friction most likely to erode, because context is a plumbing problem rather than a law.

The spread inside the family is wider than the gap between families, which is the usual pattern and the reason this index does not publish a single number per group. Farm and Home Management Educators sits at 54.7%. Substitute Teachers, Short-Term sits at 16.3%. Both are educational instruction and library occupations, and 38.4 points separate them.

Where the family score comes from

judged

Means across all 1,636 tasks in this family. Capability is what AI can do; the other five are what stands in the way.

DimensionMeanScale
Capability2.380-4
Embodiment0.670-3
Presence1.410-3
Accountability0.860-3
Context1.870-3
Verification cost1.270-3

Every educational instruction and library occupation

See them on the chart
OccupationExposedAssistedUntouchedMedian payTasksBand
Farm and Home Management Educators54.7%21.8%23.5%$60,22015exposed
Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary48.1%20.8%31.1%$80,34025exposed
Archivists47.2%18.4%34.4%$64,55013exposed
Curators46.4%20.5%33.1%$63,42015exposed
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary46.0%22.3%31.7%$79,35024exposed
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary45.5%22.8%31.8%$76,59023exposed
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary45.2%22.8%32.0%$79,94023exposed
Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary45.2%22.2%32.6%$96,87022exposed
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary45.2%22.0%32.8%$85,02023exposed
History Teachers, Postsecondary45.1%21.8%33.1%$83,82025exposed
Education Teachers, Postsecondary45.0%22.3%32.7%$75,35024exposed
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary44.9%21.3%33.8%$109,27024exposed
Economics Teachers, Postsecondary44.9%21.8%33.3%$123,92022exposed
Business Teachers, Postsecondary44.8%22.9%32.3%$99,08025exposed
Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary44.6%22.3%33.0%$94,98025exposed
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary44.6%21.8%33.6%$103,17026exposed
Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary44.5%22.0%33.4%$98,07022exposed
Law Teachers, Postsecondary44.5%21.9%33.6%$128,50023exposed
Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary44.5%22.1%33.4%$101,42025exposed
Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary44.4%21.7%33.9%$80,26022exposed
Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary44.3%22.5%33.2%$75,87023exposed
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary44.2%21.9%33.9%$78,58023exposed
Geography Teachers, Postsecondary43.9%21.8%34.4%$97,59025exposed
Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary43.8%21.4%34.8%$77,27023exposed
Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary43.7%22.1%34.2%$84,29024exposed
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary43.7%21.7%34.6%$107,31022exposed
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary43.3%22.2%34.5%$80,34029exposed
Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary43.2%21.7%35.1%$98,70023exposed
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary43.1%21.3%35.6%$78,76033exposed
Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary42.8%22.8%34.4%$99,65027exposed
Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary42.4%22.0%35.6%$77,57024exposed
Physics Teachers, Postsecondary41.9%21.4%36.6%$100,31024exposed
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary41.5%21.5%37.0%$84,62027exposed
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary41.2%22.0%36.7%$96,98026exposed
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary41.2%22.1%36.7%$80,25029exposed
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists41.1%18.7%40.2%$68,27030exposed
Library Technicians40.8%16.6%42.5%$44,58031exposed
Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary40.4%21.1%38.5%$93,25028exposed
Tutors39.1%22.6%38.3%$43,35019exposed
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary38.7%20.8%40.4%$78,62028exposed
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors38.3%21.9%39.7%$61,54037exposed
Self-Enrichment Teachers36.2%20.4%43.4%$46,80030exposed
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary35.5%20.0%44.5%$63,82020exposed
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School35.5%20.2%44.3%$65,03031exposed
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education35.3%20.4%44.3%$72,04032exposed
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School35.2%18.9%45.9%$66,27033exposed
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education34.9%19.7%45.4%$64,37035exposed
Instructional Coordinators34.6%24.2%41.2%$77,44030exposed
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education33.9%19.4%46.7%$63,97038exposed
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary33.0%19.4%47.7%$42,91020exposed
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education31.8%19.0%49.3%$62,68037exposed
Special Education Teachers, Elementary School31.3%22.0%46.7%n/a30exposed
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten31.2%21.8%46.9%n/a29exposed
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School31.0%20.8%48.2%$74,26040exposed
Special Education Teachers, Middle School30.2%20.4%49.4%$66,81040exposed
Adapted Physical Education Specialists29.4%22.6%48.0%$76,58020exposed
Museum Technicians and Conservators29.0%14.1%57.0%$51,44024untouched
Special Education Teachers, Preschool26.5%18.6%54.9%$64,83036untouched
Teaching Assistants, Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School, Except Special Education25.0%13.8%61.2%n/a28untouched
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education24.0%15.4%60.7%$38,14034untouched
Teaching Assistants, Special Education21.3%15.0%63.6%n/a30untouched
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term16.3%13.5%70.2%$41,67018untouched

Exposure is not displacement. These figures say what current systems can produce and what stands in the way. They do not say anyone will stop paying a person to do the work. How the score is built.