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Self-Enrichment Teachers vs Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors

Side-by-side · O*NET · BLS · AI-exposure research · Anthropic Economic Index

A factual, source-backed comparison of Self-Enrichment Teachers and Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors on the dimensions both occupations carry. Every figure is a position within an independent published dataset — not a verdict on which job is better, safer, or more “future-proof.”

Self-Enrichment Teachers Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$45,590
$59,950
Employment · BLS OEWS
308,520
36,260
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
69th pct
59th pct

At a glance

Dimension Self-Enrichment Teachers Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors
Median pay $45,590 $59,950
Employment 308,520 36,260
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection About average (+3.7%) Declining (-13.7%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 51,400 3,900
Typical education · O*NET Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree. Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
AI exposure · published exposure studies High · 69th pct Moderate · 59th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 61st pct · 32% of tasks 62nd pct · 34% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index Augmentation-leaning (68.3%) Augmentation-leaning (70.9%)
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman Yes Yes

Pay and employment are BLS OEWS estimates; outlook and openings are BLS 2024–2034 projections; AI exposure and observed-use figures come from separate research and reflect exposure and usage, not predictions that either job will disappear. Compare like with like.

Skills

Shared: Education and Training, Oral Expression, Oral Comprehension, Speaking, Speech Clarity, Customer and Personal Service, Active Listening, Learning Strategies, Instructing, English Language, Speech Recognition, Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, Active Learning, Monitoring, Social Perceptiveness, Written Comprehension, Written Expression, Deductive Reasoning, Information Ordering, Near Vision, Writing, Coordination, Service Orientation, Judgment and Decision Making, Fluency of Ideas, Originality, Problem Sensitivity, Inductive Reasoning, Category Flexibility, Complex Problem Solving, Time Management, Persuasion, Flexibility of Closure, Selective Attention.

Specific to Self-Enrichment Teachers

  • Management of Personnel Resources
  • Memorization
  • Visualization
  • Far Vision
  • Sociology and Anthropology

Specific to Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors

  • Administrative
  • Negotiation
  • Administration and Management
  • Systems Analysis
  • Mathematical Reasoning

Knowledge, skills & abilities O*NET rates as important for each occupation. “Shared” are common to both; the columns list what is distinctive to each (top by the order O*NET surfaces).

Tools & technology

Shared: Graphics or photo imaging software , Spreadsheet software , Office suite software , Presentation software , Word processing software , Web page creation and editing software , Computer based training software , Electronic mail software , Project management software , Internet browser software , Multi-media educational software .

Specific to Self-Enrichment Teachers

Specific to Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Self-Enrichment Teachers or Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors — tasks, the full skill graph, tools, work context, preparation, wages by percentile, industries, AI exposure and the AI work map.

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Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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Singulariki. "Self-Enrichment Teachers vs Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/compare/self-enrichment-teachers-vs-adult-basic-education-adult-secondary-education-and-english-as-a-second-language-instructors

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Singulariki. (2026). Self-Enrichment Teachers vs Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/self-enrichment-teachers-vs-adult-basic-education-adult-secondary-education-and-english-as-a-second-language-instructors

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