Postsecondary teachers: AI exposure and career outlook
Postsecondary teachers (SOC 25-1099) has no measured AI-exposure telemetry in the Microsoft Research or Anthropic Economic Index datasets. The modelled estimates below — 53% of tasks automated, 65% reshaped — derive from a legacy exposure score rather than measured usage, and should be read with that limitation in mind. Goldman Sachs classifies AI's primary effect on this role as mixed, which places it in the Orchestrator opportunity group: AI reaches deep into this work and amplifies it. The leverage goes to whoever directs it, and that can be you.
Figures last updated 2026-06. Every number on this page is labelled measured or modelled; where a source has no coverage for this occupation, it says so rather than showing a zero.
Key facts
- SOC code
- 25-1099
- Canada NOC 2021
- Not mapped
- TEER level
- Not available
- COPS outlook
- Not assessed
What the measurements actually say
Three independent studies measure AI exposure for this occupation directly. The two percentages below them are ours, modelled from those measurements.
| Metric | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| AI applicability | Not available | Not covered by Microsoft's occupation-level study. |
| Observed AI usage | Not available | Not covered by Anthropic's occupation-level dataset. |
| Academic AI exposure | Not available | Not covered by the Felten AIOE table. |
| Estimated task automation (modelled) | 53% | Modelled from a legacy exposure score (no telemetry coverage for this occupation). Our estimate. |
| Estimated task reshaping (modelled) | 65% | Share of tasks where AI acts as co-pilot rather than replacement. Modelled from a legacy exposure score (no telemetry coverage). |
This skill domain faces significant AI substitution. The opportunity is in pivoting to AI orchestration and higher-order human judgment within the domain.
Where the leverage is
Transition to high-value advisory, complex case analysis, or AI system oversight. The pivot is to move from routine execution to AI orchestration and quality assurance.
Cognitive, information-based tasks are highly exposed. Entry-level displacement pressure is high, necessitating transition to advisory and governance roles.
Master workflow automation platforms (e.g., Make, Zapier, CRM integrations) to double your output and position for fractional leadership roles.
This guidance is written per exposure band — three texts across all 342 occupations, framed on the ILO's transformation-versus-displacement distinction. It is editorial guidance for the high risk band, not an occupation-specific research finding about postsecondary teachers.
Sources for this occupation
Only the sources that hold data for postsecondary teachers are listed. A study that does not cover this occupation is not cited here.
- Goldman Sachs Economics: Augmentation-versus-substitution classification, from research mapping 900+ occupations (April 24, 2026).
- BCG — AI Will Reshape More Jobs Than It Replaces (April 3, 2026): Published aggregate reshaping rates, used to calibrate our modelled percentages. The per-occupation figures here are our estimates, not BCG's data.
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