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Key facts

+1.7%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, high according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +1.7% (BLS). Working well with AI is becoming an asset.

The job

Vocational education teachers (ISCO 2320). Vocational education teachers teach or instruct vocational or occupational subjects in adult and further education institutions and to senior students in secondary schools and colleges.

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

257 job titles linked to this page

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

  • agriculture, fishery, and forestry educator
  • agriculture, forestry and fishery vocational teacher
  • agriculture, forestry, and fishery instructor
  • agriculture, forestry, and fishery teacher
  • agriculture, forestry, and fishery vocational instructor
  • agriculture, forestry, and fishery vocational trainer
  • air traffic control instructor
  • air traffic control trainer
  • air traffic instructor
  • air traffic trainer
  • applied arts and crafts vocational teacher
  • armed forces educator
  • armed forces instructor
  • armed forces trainer
  • armed forces training and education officer
  • art and design instructor
  • art and design teacher
  • automotive technology instructor
  • automotive technology teacher
  • auxiliary nursing and midwifery instructor
  • auxiliary nursing and midwifery teacher
  • auxiliary nursing and midwifery vocational instructor
  • auxiliary nursing and midwifery vocational teacher
  • auxiliary nursing and midwifery vocational trainer
  • barber instructor
  • barbering instructor
  • barbering teacher
  • beauty educator
  • beauty instructor
  • beauty teacher
  • beauty vocational teacher
  • boating instructor
  • business administration educator
  • business administration instructor
  • business administration teacher
  • business administration vocational teacher
  • business and marketing teacher
  • business and marketing vocational instructor
  • business and marketing vocational teacher
  • business management instructor
  • business management teacher
  • cabin crew instructor
  • cabin crew trainer
  • cabin service instructor
  • career and technology teacher
  • cooking instructor
  • cooking teacher
  • cosmetology teacher
  • cosmetology vocational teacher
  • design and applied arts instructor
  • design and applied arts teacher
  • design and applied arts vocational teacher
  • educator in auxiliary nursing and midwifery
  • educator in beauty
  • educator in design and applied arts
  • educator in electricity and energy
  • educator in hair and beauty
  • educator in hairdressing
  • educator in hospitality and catering
  • educator in industrial arts
  • educator in medical laboratory technology
  • educator of firefighters
  • electricity and energy instructor
  • electricity and energy vocational teacher
  • electricity and energy vocational trainer
  • electronics and automation educator
  • electronics and automation instructor
  • electronics and automation teacher
  • electronics and automation trainer
  • electronics and automation vocational instructor
  • electronics and automation vocational teacher
  • engine driver instructor
  • fire academy instructor
  • fire academy trainer
  • fire instructor
  • firefighter instructor
  • firefighter teaching practitioner
  • firefighter trainer
  • flight attendant instructor
  • flight attendant trainer
  • flight service instructor
  • food service teacher
  • food service vocational instructor
  • food service vocational teacher
  • food technology instructor
  • food technology teacher
  • hair and beauty educator
  • hair and beauty instructor
  • hair and beauty teacher
  • hair stylist instructor
  • hair stylist trainer
  • hairdressing educator
  • hairdressing instructor
  • hairdressing teacher
  • hairdressing vocational teacher
  • heavy equipment operator instructor
  • HGV driving instructor
  • hospitality and catering educator
  • hospitality and catering instructor
  • hospitality and catering teacher
  • hospitality instructor
  • hospitality vocational teacher
  • industrial arts educator
  • industrial arts instructor
  • industrial arts teacher
  • industrial arts vocational instructor
  • industrial arts vocational teacher
  • inflight service instructor
  • instructor in agriculture, forestry and fishery
  • instructor in auxiliary nursing and midwifery
  • instructor in business administration
  • instructor in business and marketing
  • instructor in energy and electricity
  • instructor in fire academy
  • instructor in hospitality and catering
  • instructor in law enforcement
  • instructor in maritime training
  • instructor in medical laboratory technology
  • instructor in occupational driving
  • instructor in physical education
  • instructor in sales and marketing
  • instructor in transportation technology
  • instructor in travel and tourism
  • instructor of air traffic control
  • instructor of cabin crew
  • instructor of firefighters
  • law enforcement instructor
  • law enforcement trainer
  • LGV driving instructor
  • maritime instructor
  • maritime trainer
  • maritime training instructor
  • marketing instructor
  • marketing teacher
  • medical laboratory technician instructor
  • medical laboratory technology educator
  • medical laboratory technology instructor
  • medical laboratory technology teacher
  • medical laboratory technology vocational teacher
  • metro driving instructor
  • military academy instructor
  • military instructor
  • military trainer
  • military training and education officer
  • occupational boating instructor
  • occupational driving instruction practitioner
  • occupational driving instructor
  • occupational driving teacher
  • occupational railway instructor
  • passenger carrying vehicle instructor
  • PCV driving instructor
  • physical education vocational teacher
  • police firearms trainer
  • police instructor
  • police officer trainer
  • police trainer
  • police tutor
  • practitioner of railway instruction
  • railway instruction practitioner
  • railway instructor
  • sales and marketing vocational teacher
  • ship pilot instructor
  • ship pilot trainer
  • specialist driving instructor
  • specialist maritime training instructor
  • specialist police trainer
  • teacher in medical laboratory technology
  • teacher in transportation technology
  • teacher of applied arts and crafts
  • teacher of electricity and energy
  • teacher of food and hospitality
  • teacher of marketing and business
  • teacher of vocational physical education
  • teaching practitioner in electricity and energy
  • technical handicraft instructor
  • technical handicraft teacher
  • technical institute teacher
  • technological institute teacher
  • train driver instructor
  • trainer in agriculture, forestry and fishery
  • trainer in auxiliary nursing and midwifery
  • trainer in fire academy
  • trainer in hospitality and catering
  • trainer in travel and tourism
  • trainer of cabin crew
  • trainer of firefighters
  • trainer of police
  • trainer of police officers
  • training and education officer in armed forces
  • tram driver instructor
  • transport technology vocational teacher
  • transportation technician instructor
  • transportation technology teacher
  • transportation technology vocational instructor
  • travel and tourism instructor
  • travel and tourism teacher
  • travel and tourism trainer
  • travel and tourism vocational instructor
  • travel and tourism vocational teacher
  • trolley driver instructor
  • vocational beauty teacher
  • vocational business administration teacher
  • vocational catering and hospitality teacher
  • vocational college lecturer
  • vocational college teacher
  • vocational cosmetology teacher
  • vocational design and applied arts educator
  • vocational education teacher
  • vocational educator
  • vocational educator in agriculture, fishery and forestry
  • vocational educator in auxiliary nursing and midwifery
  • vocational educator in electronics and automation
  • vocational hair and beauty teacher
  • vocational hairdressing instructor
  • vocational hairdressing teacher
  • vocational hospitality and catering teacher
  • vocational instructor
  • vocational instructor in business administration
  • vocational instructor in business and marketing
  • vocational instructor in business management
  • vocational instructor in design and applied arts
  • vocational instructor in food service
  • vocational instructor in hospitality and catering
  • vocational instructor in industrial arts
  • vocational instructor in medical laboratory technology
  • vocational instructor in physical education
  • vocational instructor in transportation technology
  • vocational instructor in travel and tourism
  • vocational lecturer
  • vocational PE instructor
  • vocational PE teacher
  • vocational teacher
  • vocational teacher in agriculture, fishery, and forestry
  • vocational teacher in art and design
  • vocational teacher in auxiliary nursing and midwifery
  • vocational teacher in design and applied arts
  • vocational teacher in electricity and energy
  • vocational teacher in electronics and automation
  • vocational teacher in food service
  • vocational teacher in industrial arts
  • vocational teacher in medical laboratory technology
  • vocational teacher in physical education
  • vocational teacher in transportation technology
  • vocational teacher in travel and tourism
  • vocational teacher of agriculture, forestry and fishery
  • vocational teacher of business administration
  • vocational teacher of catering and hospitality
  • vocational teacher of hairdressing
  • vocational teacher of marketing and business
  • vocational teacher of PE
  • vocational teacher of physical education
  • vocational teaching assistant
  • vocational trainer in hospitality and catering
  • vocational travel and tourism teacher
  • vocational tutor
  • vocational university teacher
  • vocational university tutor

Training

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Gauges

Risk 4/5 · High
AI exposureHighBLS AI exposure category "high" (2026), higher than the ILO 2025 index (low)
Employment outlookDeclineBLS, 2025-2035 projections (Career/technical education teachers, postsecondary; Career/technical education teachers, secondary school; Teachers and instructors, all other (+7))
Hiring difficultyNot availableNo US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job
PayHighBLS, 2025 median annual wage: $75,099
EntryLongBLS, typical education needed for entry

No US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job: this gauge stays empty. How countries are compared

Sources

Checked on 27 October 2026.