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Teaching Assistants, Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School, Except Special Education vs Self-Enrichment Teachers

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

A factual, source-backed comparison of Teaching Assistants, Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School, Except Special Education and Self-Enrichment Teachers 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.”

Teaching Assistants, Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School, Except Special Education Self-Enrichment Teachers
Median pay · BLS OEWS
—
$45,590
Employment · BLS OEWS
—
308,520
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
42nd pct
69th pct

At a glance

Dimension Teaching Assistants, Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School, Except Special Education Self-Enrichment Teachers
Median pay — $45,590
Employment — 308,520
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection — About average (+3.7%)
Annual openings · BLS projection — 51,400
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 occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
AI exposure · published exposure studies Moderate · 42nd pct High · 69th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk — 61st pct · 32% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index — Augmentation-leaning (68.3%)
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman — 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: Customer and Personal Service, English Language, Active Listening, Social Perceptiveness, Oral Comprehension, Written Comprehension, Oral Expression, Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Information Ordering, Coordination, Service Orientation, Written Expression, Problem Sensitivity, Speech Recognition, Speech Clarity, Education and Training, Writing, Critical Thinking, Learning Strategies, Monitoring, Instructing, Deductive Reasoning, Category Flexibility, Near Vision, Far Vision, Time Management, Fluency of Ideas, Originality, Active Learning, Complex Problem Solving, Inductive Reasoning, Sociology and Anthropology, Persuasion.

Specific to Teaching Assistants, Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School, Except Special Education

  • Psychology
  • Mathematics
  • Public Safety and Security
  • Administrative
  • Geography
  • Therapy and Counseling

Specific to Self-Enrichment Teachers

  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Flexibility of Closure
  • Selective Attention
  • Management of Personnel Resources
  • Memorization
  • Visualization

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: Spreadsheet software , Office suite software , Electronic mail software , Presentation software , Word processing software , Computer based training software , Data base user interface and query software , Video creation and editing software , Project management software , Multi-media educational software , Internet browser software .

Specific to Teaching Assistants, Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School, Except Special Education

Specific to Self-Enrichment Teachers

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Teaching Assistants, Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School, Except Special Education or Self-Enrichment Teachers — 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. "Teaching Assistants, Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School, Except Special Education vs Self-Enrichment Teachers." 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/teaching-assistants-preschool-elementary-middle-and-secondary-school-except-special-education-vs-self-enrichment-teachers

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Singulariki. (2026). Teaching Assistants, Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School, Except Special Education vs Self-Enrichment Teachers. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/teaching-assistants-preschool-elementary-middle-and-secondary-school-except-special-education-vs-self-enrichment-teachers

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