Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors vs Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors carries the higher exposed share at 38.3% against 35.3%, a gap of 3.0 points. The difference is driven by capability: a current system can simply produce more of the first job's work product than the second's. Release v2026.Q3.
| Occupation | Exposed | Assisted | Untouched | Capability | Friction | Median pay | Rank | Band |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors | 38.3% | 21.9% | 39.7% | 0.60 | 0.41 | $61,540 | 300 | exposed |
| Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education | 35.3% | 20.4% | 44.3% | 0.56 | 0.43 | $72,040 | 361 | exposed |
What stands in the way, in each
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors: the dominant friction is that it runs on knowledge of the organisation that a model cannot hold. Capability sits at 0.60 of 1 and friction at 0.41 of 1.
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education: the dominant friction is that it runs on knowledge of the organisation that a model cannot hold. Capability sits at 0.56 of 1 and friction at 0.43 of 1.
Capability asks whether a generally available system can produce the work product at all. Friction asks what stops it finishing the job: physical work, being present, being accountable, unseen context, or the cost of checking the output. The rubric is here.
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Exposure is not displacement. A higher score does not rank two jobs by how safe they are, and nothing here models adoption, employment or pay.