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Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary
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AI performs some of this work. Most of it still needs a person. The BLS expects 2.7% more of these jobs by 2035, slower than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- #329 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +2.7% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $42,910 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 205,500 in the US, with about 25,700 openings a year
The work, 13 activities
The job description, marked up.
Every activity in this job, the biggest first. Tap a line for the evidence.
- deleAI does this
- +AIAI helps
- stetStill yours
Still yours: Assess student capabilities, needs, or performance18%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Teach academic or vocational subjects15%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 465 conversations, and it got them there 86% of the time. In this job the work is hands-on, so AI can only assist.
Still yours: Distribute materials, supplies, or resources13%
AI does this in desk jobs, but in this one it is mostly hands-on.
AI does this: Communicate with others about operational plans or activities9%
AI performed this in about 1 in 354 Copilot conversations and completed it 90% of the time.
AI does this: Prepare informational or instructional materials9%
AI performed this in about 1 in 51 Copilot conversations and completed it 92% of the time.
AI helps with this: Assist scientists, scholars, or technical specialists with projects or research8%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 653 conversations, and it got them there 81% of the time. In this job the work is hands-on, so AI can only assist.
Still yours: Supervise personnel activities7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Schedule operational activities6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Purchase goods or services4%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 214 conversations, and it got them there 91% of the time.
AI does this: Maintain current knowledge in area of expertise4%
AI performed this in about 1 in 40 Copilot conversations and completed it 91% of the time.
AI helps with this: Monitor individual behavior or performance3%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,704 conversations, and it got them there 93% of the time.
Still yours: Train others to use equipment or products3%
AI does this in desk jobs, but in this one it is mostly hands-on.
Still yours: Evaluate personnel capabilities or performance2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 103 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 25,700 openings a year, from growth and from people who retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
The jobs closest to this one. None of them is much less exposed.
- Shares 52% of the workTutors49% AI does, against 22% here-0.2% by 2035 · $43,350 · Some college
- Shares 47% of the workNursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary55% AI does, against 22% here+17.1% by 2035 · $80,250 · Doctoral or professional degree
- Shares 47% of the workCareer/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary33% AI does, against 22% here-0.3% by 2035 · $63,820 · Bachelor’s degree
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On the wire.
Nothing filed about this job yet. The latest from the Education front:
How to read this file.
deleAI does this. In US Bing Copilot conversations from January to September 2024, AI itself performed the activity, completed it and made a real difference often enough to count.
+AIAI helps. People brought the activity to AI as their own goal, and it usually got them there.
stetStill yours. It barely shows up in AI use, AI rarely finishes it, or in this job it needs hands.
Shares are weighted by how much each activity matters in the job, using O*NET. Microsoft’s own AI applicability score for this job is 0.21, higher than 72% of jobs.
Doing an activity is not doing a job. The researchers behind this data warn against reading it as job loss, and so do we. It is US data; the shape of the work travels.
Sources: Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025) · O*NET OnLine, 25-9044 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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