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Education
Special needs teacher
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Key facts
−0.8%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: −0.8% (BLS). Working well with AI is becoming an asset.
The job
Special needs teachers (ISCO 2352). Special needs teachers teach physically or mentally handicapped children, young persons or adults, or those with learning difficulties or other special needs.
Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.
79 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- adult literacy and numeracy instructor
- adult literacy instructor
- adult literacy lecturer
- adult literacy teacher
- autism teacher
- basic skills teacher
- compensatory teacher
- development support teacher
- developmental teacher
- early childhood special educational needs teacher
- early intervention specialist
- early years SEN teacher
- early years special educational needs teacher
- early years special needs teacher
- early years teacher in special educational needs
- educator in special educational needs
- gifted pupils teacher
- high school SEN teacher
- high school special education teacher
- high school special educational needs teacher
- high school special needs teacher
- inclusive education teacher primary school
- instructor in adult literacy and numeracy
- learning support educator
- learning support practitioner
- learning support teacher
- literacy tutor
- nursery special educational needs teacher
- practitioner of learning support teaching
- preschool special educational needs teacher
- primary school SEN teacher
- primary school special education teacher
- primary school special educational needs teacher
- primary school special needs educator
- primary school special needs teacher
- secondary school SEN teacher
- secondary school special education teacher
- secondary school special educational needs teacher
- SEN itinerant teacher
- SEN peripatetic teacher
- SEN teacher
- SEN teacher primary school
- SEN visiting teacher
- skills for life teacher
- special education resource teacher
- special education teacher
- special educational needs itinerant teacher
- special educational needs peripatetic teacher
- special educational needs professional
- special educational needs teacher
- special educational needs teacher in high school
- special educational needs teacher in primary school
- special educational needs teacher primary school
- special educational needs teacher secondary school
- special educational needs visiting teacher
- special needs educator
- special needs peripatetic teacher
- special needs teacher
- talented and gifted pupils co-ordinator
- talented and gifted pupils lead teacher
- talented and gifted students lead teacher
- teacher for gifted pupils
- teacher for gifted students
- teacher for hearing impaired children
- teacher for pupils with high learning potential
- teacher for students with high learning potential
- teacher for talented pupils
- teacher for talented students
- teacher in early years SEN
- teacher in early years special educational needs
- teacher in learning support
- teacher in special education needs
- teacher in special educational needs in primary school
- teacher in special educational needs in secondary schools
- teacher of adult literacy
- teacher of adult literacy and numeracy
- teacher of special educational needs
- teacher of talented and gifted students
- visiting teacher for special needs
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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 (Special education teachers, secondary school; Special education teachers, preschool; Special education teachers, middle school (+1))
Hiring difficultyNot availableNo US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job
PayHighBLS, 2025 median annual wage: $68,296
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
- 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.