Occupation

English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary

Teach courses in English language and literature, including linguistics and comparative literature. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

97 AI exposure

19 Human advantage

55 Market demand

62 AI leverage

Is English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary a safe career from AI?

English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary scores 97 out of 100 for AI exposure, which is high. A large share of this work is the kind current AI systems are measurably good at. That is not a prediction the job disappears, and the research does not support one. It means more of this role is likely to change than most.

Its human advantage score is 19, which is low. Most of this role can be done through a screen, and that is the half of the labor market AI has reached first. Market demand scores 55 out of 100, combining how many of these jobs exist with where that number is heading. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects employment roughly flat over ten years.

What English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary pay

The median wage is $78,270 a year. The lower quarter earns under $59,780 and the upper quarter over $103,730. About 59,590 people do this work in the United States.

Where English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary can go next

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Where this comes from

Work content and transitions from O*NET, the US Department of Labor's occupational database. Wages and employment projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. AI exposure from published research measuring which occupations current AI capabilities overlap with. None of it is a forecast, and none of these numbers are ours: they are public data, put next to each other.

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