Teacher aide
AI Exposure Rank
32/100
Range 18–49/100 across source-weight sensitivity checks
Teacher aide has an AI Exposure Rank of 32/100, meaning its work is more exposed to current AI capabilities than approximately 32% of Singapore occupations. The evidence currently points to limited direct change; this is a relative rank, not a probability of job loss.
Service & Sales Workers·SGD 2,500/mo (2,200–3,130)·~2.7K workers in SG·Updated 2026-06-11
Relative AI exposure, not a prediction of job loss. Hiring, wages and role design depend on many forces this rank does not forecast.
Why This Score
34% of tasks overlap with current AI
56% human advantage from judgment & presence
42% demand buffer from the local labour market
These factors interact with each other — the final score is not a simple sum of these bars.
The evidence behind this occupation's AI exposure, with human-work and demand context shown separately. Score stability: watch. How this works
Tasks AI can handle
With 34% AI task overlap (based on Felten AIOE and ILO occupational exposure), the Teacher aide tasks most exposed include: generating lesson plans, creating quizzes and practice exercises, summarizing curricula, personalizing reading lists, and grading objective assessments.
What AI can't do here
At 56% human bottleneck protection, the tasks that remain hardest to automate for Teacher aide include: motivating students, adapting to emotional and social dynamics in the classroom, mentoring, handling behavioral issues, and assessing creative or nuanced work.
Skills to focus on
Sources: Felten AIOE (2021), ILO GenAI (2025), Pizzinelli et al. bottleneck model. Full methodology.
Singapore Now
Current labour market conditions and how they affect this role.
Cooling, but not collapsing. Vacancies are softer, yet retrenchment remains low and hiring still exceeds resignations.
Vacancy
3.1%
↓ 11.4% YoY
Hiring
2.6%
vs 1.6% resign
Retrenchment
1.5
per 1,000 · low
Re-entry
78.5%
find work in 12mo· -1.6pp
Clerical, Sales & Service Workers · 2025 Q4
Top Industries
Industry vacancy overlays use the latest published detailed cross-tab, which can lag the main labour monitor.
What You Can Do
Teacher aide has some offset potential, but it depends on transition pathways holding up in practice and on workers clearing the main switching frictions.
Published transition support
Related roles you could transition to
Exposure-reducingThis occupation has higher relative AI exposure, and its best adjacent move ranks in the weakest quarter of exposure-reducing options. Mobility outcomes also depend on demand, wages, skills and access to credible transitions. See all occupations in this quadrant.
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More exposed than approximately 31% of occupations · V8 AI Exposure Rank· University Degree
Raw scores
AIOE 0.452 · θ 0.683 · C-AIOE 0.362
Stability
watch · Optimistic 9% · Pessimistic 16%
Score range (best/worst case)
Exposure sensitivity 21–49% · Rank sensitivity 18–49/100 across source-weight sensitivity checks
Scoring basis
V8 AI Exposure Rank. A relative Singapore occupation index. It ranks AI task exposure; it is not a probability of job loss or a percentage of tasks.
Wage range (SGD/mo)
25th 2,200 · Median 2,500 · 75th 3,130
Evidence & sources
Data matching
direct · SSOC 53120
Data quality
medium evidence · 2 exposure sources · direct mapping
Capped at high · Final rating: medium · capped for sparse source coverage
Task-weighted shadow evidence is not active for this occupation yet.
AI overlap by data source
Weights: aioe 47% · ilo 53%
Conflicting data signals
Tools & offset factors
What helps
- Nearby moves and published transition support look reasonably strong.
What could slow it down
- Current demand support is thin, so offsets may take longer to show up.
Worker profile & local context
- Vacancy rate is 3.1% and fell by 0.2 points from last quarter.
- Hiring read: recruitment is running above resignation (2.6% vs 1.6%).
- Retrenchment was low at 1.5 per 1,000 employees.
- 78.5% of retrenched workers re-entered employment within 12 months.
Worker profile
Gender mix
15% male / 85% femalePublished Singapore worker composition for the detailed occupation family 53 Personal Care Workers.
Employment structure
Employee-heavy91% employees, 9% employers or self-employed workers.
Work arrangement
Part-time meaningful24% part-time and 76% full-time in 2025.
Age profile
Older-skewing17% aged 15 to 29, 32% aged 30 to 49, and 51% aged 50 or older.
Qualification mix
Non-degree heavySecondary 26%; Post-secondary 25%.
Gross wage by sex
Female median 14% lowerPublished June 2024 gross wage medians: male $2,893, female $2,484.
Where this work is concentrated
Top planning areas
Woodlands, Tampines, Yishun22% of workers in this occupation group live in these three planning areas.
Residential concentration
Moderately clustered35% live across the top five planning areas in the 2020 Census.
Commute pattern
Mid-range commutesEstimated average commute 33.8 minutes. 28% take 46 minutes or more.
Role profile
How this role's work breaks down across key dimensions. This is a general profile, not an individual measurement.
Workflow dimensions (0 = low, 1 = high)
How this changes by career stage
Career stage can change the task mix and human context. These directional profiles are illustrative, not occupation-level forecasts of hiring or displacement.
Frequently asked questions
Will AI replace Teacher aide?
Teacher aide has an AI Exposure Rank of 32/100, meaning its work is more exposed to current AI capabilities than approximately 32% of Singapore occupations. The evidence currently points to limited direct change; this is a relative rank, not a probability of job loss. AI Exposure Rank: 32/100 (Low). Median wage: SGD 2,500/month.
What is the AI exposure rank for Teacher aide?
Teacher aide has an AI Exposure Rank of 32/100, rated Low. It ranks higher than approximately 32% of Singapore occupations for exposure to current AI capabilities; it is not a job-loss probability.
What career transitions are available for Teacher aide?
Teacher aide has modeled transition pathways to related occupations. The strongest adjacent pathway is Flying instructor (except air force), based on skill and wage similarity (model-estimated). Transition scoring accounts for wage preservation, training ease, and destination quality.
How does Teacher aide salary compare in the live market?
Teacher aide earns a median gross wage of SGD 2,500/month in the live market (25th-75th percentile: SGD 2,200-3,130). This is 44% below median across all 562 scored occupations, and 16% below group median within Service & Sales Workers occupations.