Will AI replace tutors?
Updated
Tutors score 57 of 100 for AI exposure. The largest share of their task time, 51%, is work AI speeds up while they stay in charge. AI can take over 29% outright, and 20% stays with people.
- 29% AI can do it
- 51% AI helps
- 20% Needs a person
High exposure
Higher than 87% of the 923 occupations we scored.
Task by task
We graded 19 tasks, listed here from most to least exposed. AI can do 6 of them today, speeds up 9 and leaves 4 to people.
| Task | AI exposure |
|---|---|
| Develop teaching or training materials, such as handouts, study materials, or quizzes. Handouts, quizzes and study guides are core AI generation tasks. | 82% AI can do it |
| Schedule tutoring appointments with students or their parents. Scheduling tools and assistants handle booking and reminders well. | 80% AI can do it |
| Prepare lesson plans or learning modules for tutoring sessions according to students' needs and goals. AI drafts lesson plans and modules quickly; tutor reviews fit. | 75% AI can do it |
| Maintain records of students' assessment results, progress, feedback, or school performance, ensuring confidentiality of all records. Logging scores and notes is routine; privacy review still needed. | 72% AI can do it |
| Research or recommend textbooks, software, equipment, or other learning materials to complement tutoring. AI searches and compares materials well; tutor confirms fit. | 68% AI can do it |
| Communicate students' progress to students, parents, or teachers in written progress reports, in person, by phone, or by email. AI drafts reports and emails well; phone updates stay human. | 65% AI can do it |
| Review class material with students by discussing text, working solutions to problems, or reviewing worksheets or other assignments. AI explains problems and checks work; tutor leads live discussion. | 55% AI helps |
| Identify, develop, or implement intervention strategies, tutoring plans, or individualized education plans (IEPs) for students. AI drafts plans from data; tutor keeps final decisions. | 50% AI helps |
| Teach students study skills, note-taking skills, and test-taking strategies. AI drafts study tips; habit coaching needs live guidance. | 45% AI helps |
| Provide private instruction to individual or small groups of students to improve academic performance, improve occupational skills, or prepare for academic or occupational tests. Live instruction needs tutor; AI supplies explanations and practice problems. | 45% AI helps |
Show the other 9 tasks
| Task | AI exposure |
|---|---|
| Prepare and facilitate tutoring workshops, collaborative projects, or academic support sessions for small groups of students. AI can prep materials; facilitating small groups stays live. | 45% AI helps |
| Administer, proctor, or score academic or diagnostic assessments. AI scores objective items; proctoring in the room stays human. | 45% AI helps |
| Assess students' progress throughout tutoring sessions. AI scores quick checks; reading live confusion stays with tutor. | 40% AI helps |
| Provide feedback to students, using positive reinforcement techniques to encourage, motivate, or build confidence in students. Live encouragement is human; AI drafts praise and feedback text. | 30% AI helps |
| Collaborate with students, parents, teachers, school administrators, or counselors to determine student needs, develop tutoring plans, or assess student progress. Meetings stay human; AI drafts agendas, plans and summaries. | 25% AI helps |
| Monitor student performance or assist students in academic environments, such as classrooms, laboratories, or computing centers. Monitoring classrooms and labs needs physical presence in the room. | 18% Needs a person |
| Participate in training and development sessions to improve tutoring practices or learn new tutoring techniques. Live training attendance is in person; AI helps little. | 12% Needs a person |
| Organize tutoring environment to promote productivity and learning. Physical room setup needs a person on site. | 5% Needs a person |
| Travel to students' homes, libraries, or schools to conduct tutoring sessions. Travel to homes or libraries requires physical presence. | 2% Needs a person |
How tutors compare
All occupations (923)
Educational instruction and library (62)
Pay and outlook in the US
- Median pay
- $43,350 a year, May 2025
- People employed
- 175,070 in the US, May 2025
- Projected change in jobs
- -0.2% from 2024 to 2034
Skills to build
- Review AI-drafted lesson plans against each student's goals
- Run live tutoring sessions on Zoom
- Keep confidential student records in Microsoft Excel
- Manage assignments and grades in Blackboard or Moodle
- Give parents phone progress updates on each student
- Set up in-person study rooms for small groups
Safer roles nearby
5 related occupations with lower scores.
Questions about tutors and AI
Will tutors be replaced by AI?
Partly. About 4 in 10 working hours go to tasks AI can already do, mostly building handouts, quizzes and study guides and drafting lesson plans for sessions. Live sessions, travel and in-room feedback stay with tutors because they need a person present with the student.
Which tasks of tutors is AI taking over?
Scheduling appointments (exposure 80), building handouts and quizzes (exposure 82) and drafting lesson plans (exposure 75) are the most exposed. Booking tools handle reminders and rebooking, while AI generates quizzes and study guides from a topic prompt.
Which tasks of tutors stay human?
Travelling to students' homes or libraries (exposure 2), organizing the tutoring room (exposure 5) and monitoring students in classrooms or labs (exposure 18) are the least exposed. Each needs a person physically present with the student, so AI adds little there.
How do tutors stay valuable as AI takes on more tasks?
Spend the time saved on live sessions, where encouragement and feedback happen face to face. Check every AI-drafted lesson plan against the student's goals, keep records confidential in Excel, and call parents with progress updates yourself. Run sessions on Zoom and manage assignments in Blackboard or Moodle.
Related jobs
Next steps for tutors
Check which roles in your team AI can take on
We map your team's tasks, show what AI can do today and build the automations that pay back first.
Related topics
- Jobs AI can't replaceCement masons score lowest, at 8.
- Jobs most at risk from AIProofreaders score highest, at 76.
- High-paying jobs with low AI exposureRadiologists earn a median $420,860 and score 46.
- Entry-level jobs with low AI exposureCement masons need little prior training and score 8.
- Jobs AI speeds up the mostFor natural sciences managers, AI speeds up 96% of task time.
- AI and jobs in Malta15 iGaming roles graded task by task.
- Skills that keep work humanThe skills to build in the jobs AI changes least.
- Jobs A to ZEvery job we publish, by first letter.
- AI exposure by industryAverage scores for 22 occupation groups.
- Write a CV screening software can readHow applicant tracking systems read a CV, and what to change.
- AI for businessesThe tasks to automate first in each team and industry.
- How we score AI exposureThe grading, the weights and every source.