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Educational Instruction and Library Occupations
Across the 55 of this group's 64 occupations with published Colorado employment, 152,740 Coloradans work in educational instruction and library occupations (9 more occupations have no published Colorado estimate, so the true total is somewhat higher). Weighted by those published jobs, the group's mean exposure score is 36.3 of 100, and 8.7% of the jobs are in occupations where most or a large minority of tasks overlap with AI capabilities assessed in 2023.
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education; Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary; Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education — the largest of this group's 64 occupations in Colorado.
Every statewide figure on this page is computed directly on published BLS OEWS Colorado state data — a different basis from the county estimates elsewhere on this site, which model occupation mixes from industry mix. The one county table below is labeled accordingly.
- Published CO employment
- 152,740 across 55 of 64 occupations · OEWS 2025
- Employment-weighted mean score
- 36.3 0–100 scale · published statewide data only
- High + substantial share
- 8.7% of the group's published jobs · score ≥ 45 of 100
- CO median wages
- $35,760–$136,930 range across the 55 occupations with published medians · annual, 2025
Plate I
Tier mix within the group
How this group's 64 occupations — and its 152,740 published Colorado jobs — split across the four task-overlap tiers (cuts at 60/45/30 on the 0–100 score scale).
| Tier | Occupations | Published CO jobs | Share of published jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| high overlap | 2 | 180 | 0.1% |
| substantial overlap | 16 | 13,170 | 8.6% |
| some overlap | 41 | 132,690 | 86.9% |
| little overlap | 5 | 6,700 | 4.4% |
Plate II
The ten largest occupations in this group
| Occupation | Tier | Score | CO jobs | CO median wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education | some overlap | 31.1 | 24,860 | $63,410 |
| Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary | some overlap | 34.5 | 21,910 | $35,760 |
| Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education | some overlap | 34.1 | 18,310 | $72,900 |
| Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education | some overlap | 34.1 | 13,280 | $63,760 |
| Self-Enrichment Teachers | some overlap | 38.0 | 9,700 | $44,710 |
| Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary | some overlap | 38.8 | 7,800 | $136,930 |
| Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education | some overlap | 31.1 | 5,210 | $45,500 |
| Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School | some overlap | 34.5 | 4,010 | $74,290 |
| Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other | some overlap | 34.5 | 3,570 | $64,090 |
| Instructional Coordinators | substantial overlap | 52.5 | 3,400 | $82,160 |
Plate III
Where this work concentrates
The six counties where this group is the largest share of local jobs. These county figures are estimates — modeled from each county's industry mix, not published counts (how county estimates are built) — and a share of a small county's job base can rank above a metro county's much larger absolute employment.
| County | Est. share of county jobs | Est. group jobs | Data quality |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | 14.4% | 175 | Partially imputed estimate |
| Conejos | 13.7% | 226 | Heavily imputed estimate |
| Bent | 13.7% | 161 | Heavily imputed estimate |
| Saguache | 12.8% | 214 | Partially imputed estimate |
| Kiowa | 12.2% | 60 | Partially imputed estimate |
| Otero | 11.5% | 692 | Partially imputed estimate |