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Education

Field of study · CIP 2020

Education is one of the fields of study in the U.S. Department of Education's Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP). It contains 106 detailed programs and, through the official CIP–SOC crosswalk, connects to 61 occupations employing about 9,386,620 workers, with a median wage of $74,880. The crosswalk shows which jobs a field of study is related to — not a guarantee of entry.

What the occupations pay

Median annual wage across the occupations this field of study leads to, from BLS OEWS (national, cross-industry, May 2024). The middle range is the 25th–75th percentile of those occupation medians — it describes the field, not any one job or graduate.

Median occupation wage $74,880
Middle range (p25–p75) $62,813 – $86,975
Occupations with wage data 56 of 61

AI exposure of this field of study

Two published studies estimate how exposed each occupation is to today's AI. The OpenAI "GPTs are GPTs" study rates the share of an occupation's tasks a large language model (with tools) could speed up by half or more; averaged across the occupations this field of study leads to it is 43% — 50th percentile of all fields of study. The independent Felten/Raj/Seamans AI Occupational Exposure index averages 0.93 here.

Computed across the 55 of 61 occupations this field leads to that carry a published exposure score.

The most-exposed fields of study lead to knowledge, language and analytical work; the least-exposed lead to physical trades and hands-on production. Exposure measures where AI could assist tasks, not a prediction that these jobs will be automated; high exposure most often means augmentation. Bands are comparable across the cluster, education, job-zone and field-of-study tiers (same two studies, same percentile method).

Where this field of study leads

The largest occupations connected to this field by the CIP–SOC crosswalk, by employment. Wage and employment describe the occupation, not an individual.

Occupation Workers Median pay
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 1,393,310 $62,340
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 1,072,540 $64,580
Management Analysts 893,900 $101,190
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 620,370 $62,970
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education 445,080 $37,120
Training and Development Specialists 436,610 $65,850
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors 342,350 $65,140
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 319,630 $104,070
Self-Enrichment Teachers 308,520 $45,590
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors 303,620 $46,180
Coaches and Scouts 250,940 $45,920
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 229,720 $105,620
Instructional Coordinators 210,850 $74,720
Education Administrators, Postsecondary 176,420 $103,960
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School 162,780 $69,590
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary 155,010 $44,930
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other 151,530 $78,490
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists 131,830 $64,320
Teachers and Instructors, All Other 125,010 $64,690
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other 114,640 $48,400
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education 114,410 $61,430
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary 111,150 $61,490
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School 104,450 $63,910
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary 97,890 $80,190
Special Education Teachers, Middle School 95,330 $64,880
Residential Advisors 82,810 $39,180
Business Teachers, Postsecondary 81,780 $97,270
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare 71,620 $56,270
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 59,590 $78,270
Education Teachers, Postsecondary 59,090 $72,090
Interpreters and Translators 53,360 $59,440
Education Administrators, All Other 53,330 $89,040
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary 53,250 $83,460
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary 48,820 $79,350
Training and Development Managers 44,960 $127,090
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary 41,610 $80,330
Special Education Teachers, All Other 39,350 $67,430
Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other 36,970 $100,340
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors 36,260 $59,950
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 36,240 $96,690

Programs in this field

A sample of the detailed CIP programs within this family. The full family contains 106 programs.

  • 13.0402 Administration of Special Education
  • 13.1502 Adult Literacy Tutor/Instructor
  • 13.0403 Adult and Continuing Education Administration
  • 13.1201 Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching
  • 13.1301 Agricultural Teacher Education
  • 13.1302 Art Teacher Education
  • 13.0201 Bilingual and Multilingual Education
  • 13.0299 Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education, Other
  • 13.1322 Biology Teacher Education
  • 13.1303 Business and Innovation/Entrepreneurship Teacher Education
  • 13.1323 Chemistry Teacher Education
  • 13.1102 College Student Counseling and Personnel Services
  • 13.1214 College/Postsecondary/University Teaching
  • 13.1339 Communication Arts and Literature Teacher Education
  • 13.0407 Community College Administration
  • 13.1321 Computer Teacher Education
  • 13.1101 Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
  • 13.0301 Curriculum and Instruction
  • 13.1324 Drama and Dance Teacher Education
  • 13.1304 Driver and Safety Teacher Education
  • 13.1210 Early Childhood Education and Teaching
  • 13.0414 Early Childhood Program Administration
  • 13.1337 Earth Science Teacher Education
  • 13.0413 Education Entrepreneurship
  • 13.0101 Education, General
  • 13.9999 Education, Other
  • 13.1014 Education/Teaching of Individuals Who are Developmentally Delayed
  • 13.1015 Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs
  • 13.1017 Education/Teaching of Individuals in Elementary Special Education Programs
  • 13.1018 Education/Teaching of Individuals in Junior High/Middle School Special Education Programs

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 3, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

Cite this page
Plain

Singulariki. "Education." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; CIP-2020 2020; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/programs/education

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Education. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/programs/education

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