Educational Instruction and Library Occupations · SOC 25-2057

Special Education Teachers, Middle School

some overlap 2023 task rating

What this means. In the researchers’ assessment, some tasks overlap. The rating includes tasks that could require additional AI software.

What it does not mean. This is not the chance of losing your job, a measure of current AI use, or a test of today's tools.

How to read the rating · Score and source detail

Work and pay in Colorado

About 2,000 Coloradans work in this occupation. These statewide BLS figures describe the occupation, not the number of jobs at risk.

Colorado employment: 2,020 published OEWS estimate, 2025
Colorado median wage: $66,130 annual, 2025

Technical detail: score, comparison and sources

A score summarizes task ratings on a 0–100 scale. A percentile compares occupations with each other. Neither is a probability of job loss.

Exposure score: 30.5 0–100; published human task rating
Percentile: 53 higher rated overlap than 53% of occupations

Where it sits among occupations

Each bar is the number of occupations scoring in that range. This occupation scores 30.5 — more exposed than 53% of the 830 occupations scored; the median occupation scores 28.0.

This occupation’s score comes from published human task ratings (Eloundou and colleagues, 2023). Employment and wages are BLS OEWS Colorado estimates for 2025; no county imputation is used for those figures.

Scoring formula and cutoffs · Original sources · Exact data

Similar occupations in this group

Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education some overlap 24,860 CO jobs
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary some overlap 21,910 CO jobs
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education some overlap 18,310 CO jobs
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education some overlap 13,280 CO jobs

The largest other occupations (by published Colorado employment) in Educational Instruction and Library Occupations — all 64 are on the group page.

Cite this page

Colorado AI Exposure Atlas

Martin, Christopher. “AI Exposure of Special Education Teachers, Middle School.” Colorado AI Exposure Atlas, 2026 edition. https://coloradoaiexposureatlas.com/occupation/special-education-teachers-middle-school/.

2026 Edition · Employment data 2025 · Compiled by Christopher Martin

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