Assistive Technology Specialist
Impact: Direct Individual
Assistive Technology Specialists assess individuals with disabilities, recommend appropriate assistive technologies, and provide training and support to help them use these tools effectively in educational, vocational, and daily living environments.
What the day looks like
- People interaction
- Moderate
- Team vs solo
- Balanced between team collaboration and independent work, with a strong emphasis on direct client interaction.
- Client facing
- Always
- Impact visibility
- High
- Travel
- Frequent local travel to client sites
- Schedule flexibility
- Moderate
- Remote work
- Hybrid
- Typical work hours
- Standard 40-hour work week
- Stress level
- Moderate
At a glance
- Median salary
- $75,000
- Entry-level
- $55,000
- Senior
- $95,000
- Growth by 2033
- 15%
- Demand
- Growing
- Freelance potential
- Low
- Salary growth potential
- 25%
- Typical student debt
- $30,000 - $60,000
Skills you'll use
Hard skills
- Assistive Technology Assessment
- Device Customization
- Training and Support
Soft skills
- Empathy
- Communication
- Problem-Solving
Technical complexity: High
How to get there
- Minimum education
- Bachelor's Degree
- Licensing
- No
- Years to mid-career
- 5
- Years to senior
- 10
- Career switching
- Moderate
Where this career leads
How people arrive here
Where you can go from here
Typical progression
- Can advance to lead specialist, program coordinator, or consultant roles, or move into research and development of new assistive technologies.
Future outlook
- Automation probability
- 5%
- AI disruption risk
- Low
- Demand trend
- Growing
How people feel about it
- Overall satisfaction
- 4/10
- Meaning
- 5/10
- Work-life balance
- 4/10
- Prestige
- 7.5/10
- Social perception
- Very High