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Education
Primary school teacher
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Key facts
−0.4%jobs, 2025 to 2035
United StatesEmployment in this job is holding up or growing in the United States, but it is highly exposed to AI. AI exposure: very low according to the ILO, high according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: −0.4% (BLS). Working well with AI is becoming an asset.
The job
Teaches all subjects to children in nursery and primary school.
20 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- educator in primary education
- educator in primary school
- music teacher primary school
- primary education professional
- primary education teacher
- primary school educator
- primary school music teacher
- primary school teacher
- Steiner school instructor
- Steiner school teacher
- Steiner school teaching practitioner
- Steiner teacher
- Steiner Waldorf school educator
- Steiner Waldorf school teacher
- teacher in a primary school
- teacher in primary education
- teacher in Steiner school
- Waldorf school educator
- Waldorf school instructor
- Waldorf school teacher
Training
Regulated profession: concours de l'Éducation nationale (France).
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Gauges
Risk 4/5 · High
AI exposureHighBLS AI exposure category "high" (2026), higher than the ILO 2025 index (very low)
Employment outlookDeclineBLS, 2025-2035 projections (Elementary school teachers, except special education)
Hiring difficultyNot availableNo US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job
PayAverageBLS, 2025 median annual wage: $63,970
EntryLongBLS, typical education needed for entry
No US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job: this gauge stays empty. How countries are compared
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
- 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.