Career profile · SOC 25-1081

Education Teachers, Postsecondary

Teach courses in education, such as counseling, curriculum, guidance, instruction, teacher education, and teaching English as a second language.

Median salary
$72,090
per year
Growth outlook
Average
BLS 10-yr
Education
Doctoral or professional degree
AI exposure
3.4/10
automation risk

Salary distribution (US)

Real salary data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The p10–p90 spread tells you more than the median alone.

Bottom 10%
$40,150
25th %ile
$53,700
Median
$72,090
75th %ile
$99,890
Top 10%
$136,590

Top skills

Speaking Instructing Active Listening Reading Comprehension Writing Critical Thinking Learning Strategies Active Learning Social Perceptiveness Monitoring

Knowledge you'll build

  • Education and Training
  • English Language
  • Psychology
  • Sociology and Anthropology
  • Administration and Management
  • Communications and Media
  • Customer and Personal Service
  • Philosophy and Theology

A day in the life

You begin your morning preparing lesson plans for graduate students studying curriculum design or teaching methodology, weaving in the latest peer-reviewed research and field observations from partner schools. Your teaching blocks are interactive seminars where future educators practice lesson delivery, analyze case studies of classroom management, and reflect on their student-teaching experiences while you provide real-time coaching. Between classes, you supervise student teachers at local schools, review dissertations, attend faculty governance meetings, and carve out time for your own research on instructional equity or literacy development. The deep reward is watching your students become confident, effective teachers, but balancing the demands of mentoring, scholarship, and university service leaves little margin in your schedule.

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