Music teacher

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4/5

Key facts

+2.2%jobs, 2025 to 2035

United States

Employment in this job is holding up or growing in the United States, but it is highly exposed to AI. AI exposure: low according to the ILO, very high according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +2.2% (BLS). Working well with AI is becoming an asset.

The job

Other music teachers (ISCO 2354). Other music teachers teach students in the practice, theory and performance of music outside the mainstream primary, secondary and higher education systems, but may provide private or small group tuition as an extracurricular activity in association with mainstream educational institutions.

Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.

14 job titles linked to this page

Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.

eurythmist
individual music teacher
instructor of music
instrument teacher
music instructor
music teacher
peripatetic music instructor
peripatetic music teacher
private music instructor
private music teacher
private teacher of music
rythmics teacher
singing teacher
teacher of music

Training

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Gauges

Risk 4/5 · High

AI exposureVery highBLS AI exposure category "very high" (2026), higher than the ILO 2025 index (low)

Employment outlookStableBLS, 2025-2035 projections (Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary)

Hiring difficultyNot availableNo US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job

PayHighBLS, 2025 median annual wage: $78,620

EntryLong and selectiveBLS, typical education needed for entry

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Sources

AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
ESCO, European classification of skills, competences, qualifications and occupations (job titles and O*NET crosswalk)European Commission · version 1.2 · official statistics
Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics

Checked on 27 October 2026.