Education & Library
Self-Enrichment Teachers
SOC 25-3021
Teach skills people learn for fun, from music to cooking to coding.
The job
Median pay
$47k
$36k to $63k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing
+3.5% projected
Openings a year
50k
BLS projection
Typical education
High school
Our model
AI displacement risk
High
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
7/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
89th pct
More exposed than 89% of occupations · modeled estimate · 70th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
44/100
Key skills
- Speaking
- Active Listening
- Learning Strategies
- Reading Comprehension
- Critical Thinking
- Active Learning
Pay and jobs by state
BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's.
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 60,260 | 3.3 | 1.6× | $50k |
| New York | 31,120 | 3.2 | 1.5× | $58k |
| Texas | 16,680 | 1.2 | 0.6× | $36k |
| Pennsylvania | 15,270 | 2.5 | 1.2× | $42k |
| Illinois | 15,030 | 2.5 | 1.1× | $44k |
| New Jersey | 13,380 | 3.1 | 1.5× | $54k |
| Washington | 12,890 | 3.6 | 1.7× | $48k |
| Massachusetts | 11,950 | 3.3 | 1.5× | $49k |
| Florida | 11,800 | 1.2 | 0.6× | $46k |
| Georgia | 10,030 | 2.1 | 1.0× | $52k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado | 9,700 | 3.4 | 1.6× | $45k |
| North Carolina | 9,320 | 1.9 | 0.9× | $42k |
| Minnesota | 9,050 | 3.1 | 1.4× | $46k |
| Ohio | 8,860 | 1.6 | 0.8× | $37k |
| Virginia | 8,730 | 2.1 | 1.0× | $49k |
| Michigan | 7,190 | 1.6 | 0.8× | $40k |
| Maryland | 6,570 | 2.4 | 1.1× | $52k |
| Oregon | 5,580 | 2.8 | 1.3× | $54k |
| Utah | 5,180 | 3.0 | 1.4× | $44k |
| Wisconsin | 5,140 | 1.7 | 0.8× | $38k |
| Connecticut | 5,080 | 3.0 | 1.4× | $55k |
| Missouri | 5,010 | 1.7 | 0.8× | $43k |
| Indiana | 3,710 | 1.2 | 0.5× | $37k |
| Tennessee | 3,530 | 1.1 | 0.5× | $39k |
| South Carolina | 3,430 | 1.5 | 0.7× | $40k |
| Nebraska | 3,360 | 3.3 | 1.5× | $38k |
| Louisiana | 3,030 | 1.6 | 0.7× | $38k |
| Iowa | 2,910 | 1.9 | 0.9× | $36k |
| Oklahoma | 2,710 | 1.6 | 0.7× | $38k |
| Arizona | 2,330 | 0.7 | 0.3× | $44k |
| Idaho | 2,190 | 2.6 | 1.2× | $36k |
| Alabama | 2,130 | 1.0 | 0.5× | $38k |
| New Mexico | 1,840 | 2.1 | 1.0× | $46k |
| New Hampshire | 1,820 | 2.7 | 1.3× | $60k |
| Hawaii | 1,730 | 2.8 | 1.3× | $52k |
| Nevada | 1,690 | 1.1 | 0.5× | $47k |
| Kentucky | 1,630 | 0.8 | 0.4× | $40k |
| Rhode Island | 1,400 | 2.8 | 1.3× | $42k |
| Vermont | 1,190 | 3.9 | 1.8× | $53k |
| Maine | 1,120 | 1.7 | 0.8× | $47k |
| Kansas | 1,070 | 0.7 | 0.3× | $41k |
| Montana | 1,070 | 2.1 | 1.0× | $45k |
| Arkansas | 900 | 0.7 | 0.3× | $31k |
| Mississippi | 690 | 0.6 | 0.3× | $39k |
| Wyoming | 610 | 2.2 | 1.0× | $47k |
| Washington DC | 600 | 0.9 | 0.4× | $66k |
| West Virginia | 540 | 0.8 | 0.4× | $45k |
| North Dakota | 470 | 1.1 | 0.5× | $35k |
| Delaware | 260 | 0.5 | 0.3× | $35k |
| Alaska | 190 | 0.6 | 0.3× | $48k |
| South Dakota | 140 | 0.3 | 0.1× | $50k |
Top metro areas
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ33,380 jobs · $60k median
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA22,400 jobs · $49k median
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN12,740 jobs · $45k median
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA10,540 jobs · $59k median
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH9,110 jobs · $50k median
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD8,680 jobs · $47k median
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA8,560 jobs · $49k median
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV7,470 jobs · $60k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Self-Enrichment Teachers interactively →Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.