Instructional Designer

Most exposed tasks

Highest structured exposure values in this role’s task mix — the work AI systems can already do most of.

• Build course content and assessments64

Augmentable tasks

Work where AI assists rather than replaces — the productivity frontier of this role.

• Edit and structure materials58
• Coordinate activities of workers engaged in cataloging, distributing, and maintaining educational materials and equipment in curriculum libraries and laboratories.53
• Interpret and enforce provisions of state education codes and rules and regulations of state education boards.42

Most durable tasks

Lowest exposure — typically judgment, relationships, physical presence, or accountability. This is the human moat.

• Advise teaching and administrative staff in curriculum development, use of materials and equipment, and implementation of state and federal programs and procedures.20
• Advise and teach students.20
• Partner with subject experts30

Task exposure values and classifications come from the versioned data release — they are structured data, not model output. Bars show exposure contribution relative to this role’s task mix.

What this means

A score of 39 puts Instructional Designer in the second quartile of analyzed occupations. In practice, exposure this level is about the mix: 1 of 20 analyzed tasks lean automatable, 11 augmentable, and 8 durable. The useful question isn’t “will AI take this job” — it’s which tasks go first, which get faster, and where to reposition time. That’s what the personalized report maps against your actual week.

One next move: adopt AI deliberately on the augmentable tasks and build visible evidence of the durable ones.

Lower-exposure adjacent roles

No adjacent role in the current data release is at least 10 points lower with ≥50% skill overlap — we don’t label anything “safer” unless the data supports it.

Labor-market context

• $74,620median wage
• +7.0%projected growth

Context only — labor statistics are not inputs to the exposure score. See methodology.

Related roles

Adjacent by skills or family — no exposure claim implied.

• Content Strategist 48
• UX Researcher 39
• Product Manager 31
• Training and Development Specialists 56
• Training and Development Managers 55
• Education Teachers, Postsecondary 38

FAQ — Instructional Designer

What does a score of 39 mean for a Instructional Designer?

It means that, weighted across the 20 tasks we analyzed for this role, the task mix sits at 39 on a 0–100 exposure scale — in the second quartile of analyzed occupations. It measures task exposure to current and near-term AI capabilities, not the probability of losing a job.

Which tasks in this role are most exposed to AI?

The highest-exposure tasks are: Build course content and assessments. Exposure is scored per task from structured data, not generated by a language model.

Which parts of this job are most durable?

The most durable responsibilities are: Advise teaching and administrative staff in curriculum development, use of materials and equipment, and implementation of state and federal programs and procedures; Advise and teach students; Partner with subject experts. Durable tasks typically depend on judgment, relationships, physical presence, or accountability.

Is this score personalized to me?

No — this page shows the occupation-level baseline. Two people with the same title often do different work. The $9 personalized report recalculates the score from the tasks you actually do and builds a concrete 7/30/90-day plan around them.