# Educational Services

> Sector (NAICS 61) — The Sector as a Whole

The Educational Services sector comprises establishments that provide instruction and training in a wide variety of subjects.  This instruction and training is provided by specialized establishments, such as schools, colleges, universities, and training centers.  These establishments may be privately owned and operated for profit or not for profit, or they may be publicly owned and operated.  They may also offer food and/or accommodation services to their students.

Educational services are usually delivered by teachers or instructors that explain, tell, demonstrate, supervise, and direct learning.  Instruction is imparted in diverse settings, such as educational institutions, the workplace, or the home, and through diverse means, such as correspondence, television, the Internet, or other electronic and distance-learning methods.  The training provided by these establishments may include the use of simulators and simulation methods.  It can be adapted to the particular needs of the students, for example sign language can replace verbal language for teaching students with hearing impairments.  All industries in the sector share this commonality of process, namely, labor inputs of instructors with the requisite subject matter expertise and teaching ability.


- **NAICS code:** 61
- **Canonical URL:** https://singulariki.com/industries/61
- **Frame:** "AI exposure" means task overlap, not jobs lost. Figures aggregate over the occupations employed in this industry, each traced to a named public dataset.

## Scale & pay

- **Employment (BLS OEWS, May 2024):** 13,640,920 across 610 occupations.
- **Typical annual wage (employment-weighted median):** $61,049.

## AI exposure

- **AI task-overlap (employment-weighted across 552 occupations):** 78th percentile (High) — Eloundou GPT-overlap + Felten AIOE; task overlap, not automation.

## Largest occupations

- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-25-2021-00) — 1,388,940 employed; $62,360
- Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary — 1,173,620 employed; $35,430
- Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-25-2031-00) — 1,067,580 employed; $64,610
- Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-25-2022-00) — 619,200 employed; $62,980
- Substitute Teachers, Short-Term (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-25-3031-00) — 410,280 employed; $39,020
- Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-37-2011-00) — 402,130 employed; $37,540
- Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-43-6014-00) — 353,220 employed; $46,480
- Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-11-9032-00) — 314,650 employed; $104,070
- Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-21-1012-00) — 305,520 employed; $67,070
- Office Clerks, General (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-43-9061-00) — 304,860 employed; $39,330
- Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School — 229,750 employed; $62,990
- Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-25-1071-00) — 215,430 employed; $104,780
- Bus Drivers, School (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-53-3051-00) — 201,110 employed; $42,630
- Self-Enrichment Teachers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-25-3021-00) — 199,990 employed; $46,240
- Coaches and Scouts (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-27-2022-00) — 174,730 employed; $45,810
- Education Administrators, Postsecondary (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-11-9033-00) — 174,160 employed; $103,840
- Instructional Coordinators (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-25-9031-00) — 170,950 employed; $74,820
- Special Education Teachers, Secondary School (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-25-2058-00) — 159,940 employed; $69,840
- Tutors (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-25-3041-00) — 155,040 employed; $40,370
- Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-25-9044-00) — 153,790 employed; $45,180

## Sources

- **O*NET** (30.3) — U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)** (May 2024) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **Census NAICS** (2022) — U.S. Census Bureau. https://www.census.gov/naics/
- **Anthropic Economic Index** (v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27)) — Anthropic. https://www.anthropic.com/economic-index
- **“GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.)** (arXiv 2303.10130) — OpenAI / academic. https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.10130
- **AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE)** (Felten, Raj & Seamans) — academic. https://github.com/AIOE-Data/AIOE

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_Generated from Singulariki's joined dataset; data snapshot 2026-06-03T03:26:54.804143+00:00. https://singulariki.com/industries/61_