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Changing shape
Social sciences teachers, postsecondary, all other
All postsecondary social sciences teachers not listed separately.
Among the careers AI is changing fastest: more resilient than 19% of the 831 careers we score. AI exposure is high (the Bureau of Labor Statistics rates it high), and US jobs are projected to change by +1.6% by 2035, slower than average. The work leans on creative vision and emotional intelligence.
AI can do many of the tasks, and hiring is expected to grow slower than average or to shrink. The job is likely to change, so build the human parts of it.
- Median pay (2025)
- $72,990
- Job growth to 2035
- +1.6%
- Openings a year
- 1,300
- People doing it (2025)
- 19,600
- Usual route in
- Doctorate or professional degree
Careers using similar strengths, with a stronger outlook
- Postsecondary teachers, all otherChanging shape, Index 20, +2.0%
- Computer science teachers, postsecondaryGrows with AI, Index 22, +4.9%
- Architecture teachers, postsecondaryChanging shape, Index 34, +2.6%
- Anthropology and archeology teachers, postsecondaryChanging shape, Index 21, +2.6%
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Sources: US Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections 2025 to 2035; O*NET 31.0; Microsoft Research (2025); Anthropic Economic Index (2026); Eloundou and colleagues (Science, 2024); Felten, Raj and Seamans (2023). How we score. Updated 12 October 2026.