Headline risk
21%
Moderate RiskStartup CTO
AI displacement pressure score based on US employment data, wages, and demand signals. Built from 3 related occupations weighted by relevance.
Why this score
69% of tasks overlap with current AI
59% human advantage from judgment & presence
57% demand buffer from the local labour market
These factors interact with each other — the final score is not a simple sum of these bars.
Share of tasks AI can handle today
Work that requires human presence or coordination
How strong local hiring demand is for this role
How complete the underlying data is
Workflow profile
How this role's daily work breaks down across different dimensions.
Workflow dimensions (0 = low, 1 = high)
US employment data
Employment overview
Share of job tasks AI can currently perform
Annual median wage
Projected employment change 2024–2034
Education and training typically needed
Key metrics
Job zone
4The occupation usually needs substantial preparation and experience.
Median wage
USD 56,270USD 45,310 to USD 72,690
Openings
5.5K-2.5% projected change
Median age
47.11.1M employed
What this job involves
Plan, direct, or coordinate academic or nonacademic activities of preschools or childcare centers and programs, including before- and after-school care.
Entry requirements: Moderate preparation
The occupation usually needs substantial preparation and experience.
Wage context
Median annual
USD 56,270
Mean annual
USD 62,640
10th percentile: USD 37,060
25th percentile: USD 45,310
75th percentile: USD 72,690
90th percentile: USD 96,400
Hourly median: USD 27
Employment: 71,620 workers
Demand outlook
Current employment
90.2K
Projected employment
87.9K
Openings: 5.5K
Projected change: -2.5%
Education: Bachelor's degree
Work experience: Less than 5 years
On-the-job training: None
Median wage: USD 56,270
Employment of preschool and childcare center directors is projected to grow 3 percent from 2024 to 2034, decline.
Workforce profile
Based on a survey of workers currently in this occupation.
Protects from AI displacement
- Can telework <5% of workers
Supports career resilience
- People skills >99.5% of workers
- Verbal interaction 22.2% of workers
Other characteristics
- Adaptability: Work schedule variability 32.5% of workers
- Pace: Control of workload <10% of workers
- Work pace 43.7% of workers
- Work reviewed 51.0% of workers
- Work review: Supervising others >80% of workers
Day-to-day work
Preschool and childcare center directors supervise and lead their staffs, design program plans, oversee daily activities, and prepare budgets.
Preschool and childcare center directors work primarily in child daycare services. Most work full time, and some work more than 40 hours per week.
A bachelor’s degree and experience in early childhood education are typically required to become a preschool and childcare center director. However, educational requirements vary. Additionally, some employers require these directors to have a nationally recognized credential.
Key tasks
- 1. Confer with parents and staff to discuss educational activities and policies and students' behavioral or learning problems. · AI can do 0%
- 2. Monitor students' progress and provide students and teachers with assistance in resolving any problems. · AI can do 0%
- 3. Recruit, hire, train, and evaluate primary and supplemental staff and recommend personnel actions for programs and services. · AI can do 0%
- 4. Set educational standards and goals and help establish policies, procedures, and programs to carry them out. · AI can do 0%
- 5. Determine the scope of educational program offerings and prepare drafts of program schedules and descriptions to estimate staffing and facility requirements. · AI can do 0%
- 6. Prepare and maintain attendance, activity, planning, accounting, or personnel reports and records for officials and agencies, or direct preparation and maintenance activities. · AI can do 0%
Tools commonly used
Work environment
- Contact With Others 5.0/5
- Telephone Conversations 4.9/5
- Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams 4.9/5
- E-Mail 4.8/5
- Work Outcomes and Results of Other Workers 4.6/5
- Work With or Contribute to a Work Group or Team 4.5/5
Who does this work
Median age: 47.1
1.1M employed · Under 25: 2% · 25–54: 72% · 55+: 26%
Data sources: O*NET 30.2 / OEWS 2024 / ORS 2025 / OOH 2025-08-28 / Projections 2024-34 / CPS 2025 / Anthropic task penetration
Component occupations
Education and childcare administrators, preschool and daycare
11-9031 · 40% weight
Software and applications manager
Support bundle: Moderate preparation
Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary
25-1022 · 30% weight
Enterprise/Solution architect
Support bundle: Extensive preparation
Software developers
15-1252 · 30% weight
Software developer
Support bundle: Moderate preparation
How this score works
The score measures how much this role's tasks overlap with current AI capabilities, adjusted for human-only requirements and local job market demand. This is a structural pressure estimate, not a prediction of job losses. Learn how scores work →