Self-Enrichment Teachers vs Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education
Self-Enrichment Teachers carries the higher exposed share at 36.2% against 33.9%, a gap of 2.3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self-Enrichment Teachers | 36.2% | 20.4% | 43.4% | 0.57 | 0.42 | $46,800 | 343 | exposed |
| Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education | 33.9% | 19.4% | 46.7% | 0.53 | 0.42 | $63,970 | 387 | exposed |
What stands in the way, in each
Self-Enrichment Teachers: the dominant friction is that it runs on knowledge of the organisation that a model cannot hold. Capability sits at 0.57 of 1 and friction at 0.42 of 1.
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education: the dominant friction is that it runs on knowledge of the organisation that a model cannot hold. Capability sits at 0.53 of 1 and friction at 0.42 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.
Read each in full
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.