Education Teachers, Postsecondary
SOC 25-1081 · 2024-2034
Teach courses pertaining to education, such as counseling, curriculum, guidance, instruction, teacher education, and teaching English as a second language. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $114,981per year
- Projected openings
- 2,850
- Projected change
- +2.6%
- Usually needs
- Doctoral or professional degree
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Speaking
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Listening
- Instructing
- Learning Strategies
- Active Learning
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $106,097 | 310 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $105,974 | 170 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $86,375 | 190 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $83,201 | 110 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $80,496 | 1,420 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $80,072 | 160 |
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Instructional Coordinators | $99,726 | 21,280 | +5.7% |
| Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors | $104,886 | 1,700 | -11.8% |
| Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary | $110,345 | 3,770 | +2% |
| Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary | $50,516 | 28,690 | +2.6% |
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