Teaching
Teacher Assistants
perform duties that are instructional in nature or deliver direct services to students or parents. Serve in a position for which a teacher has ultimate responsibility for the design and implementation of educational programs and services.
$31500
Post-secondary certificate
Strong job growth
Farm and Home Management Advisors
instruct and advise individuals and families engaged in agriculture, agricultural-related processes, or home management activities. Demonstrate procedures and apply research findings to advance agricultural and home management activities. May develop educational outreach programs. May instruct on either agricultural issues such as agricultural processes and techniques, pest management, and food safety, or on home management issues such as budgeting, nutrition, and child development.
$54870
Master’s degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
Tutors
provide non-classroom, academic instruction to students on an individual or small-group basis for proactive or remedial purposes.
$50390
Bachelor’s degree
High job satisfaction
Self-Enrichment Education Teachers
teach or instruct individuals or groups for the primary purpose of self-enrichment or recreation, rather than for an occupational objective, educational attainment, competition, or fitness.
$47930
Master’s degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
Adapted Physical Education Specialists
provide individualized physical education instruction or services to children, youth, or adults with exceptional physical needs due to gross motor developmental delays or other impairments.
$67670
Bachelor’s degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
Secondary School Special Ed Teachers
teach secondary school subjects to educationally and physically handicapped students. Includes teachers who specialize and work with audibly and visually handicapped students and those who teach basic academic and life processes skills to the mentally impaired.
$66490
Bachelor’s degree
High job satisfaction
Adult Basic Education Instructors
teach or instruct out-of-school youths and adults in basic education, literacy, or English as a Second Language classes, or in classes for earning a high school equivalency credential.
$59810
Bachelor’s degree
Strong job growth
Preschool Special Education Teachers
teach academic, social, and life skills to preschool-aged students with learning, emotional, or physical disabilities. Includes teachers who specialize and work with students who are blind or have visual impairments; students who are deaf or have hearing impairments; and students with intellectual disabilities.
$68110
Bachelor’s degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
Kindergarten School Special Ed Teacherss
teach elementary school subjects to educationally and physically handicapped students. Includes teachers who specialize and work with audibly and visually handicapped students and those who teach basic academic and life processes skills to the mentally impaired.
$64790
Bachelor’s degree
High job satisfaction
Middle School Special Ed Teachers
teach middle school subjects to educationally and physically handicapped students. Includes teachers who specialize and work with audibly and visually handicapped students and those who teach basic academic and life processes skills to the mentally impaired.
$66300
Master’s degree
High job satisfaction
Secondary School Vocational Ed Teachers
teach occupational, vocational, career, or technical subjects to students at the secondary school level.
$65870
Bachelor’s degree
High job satisfaction
Middle School Vocational Ed Teachers
teach occupational, vocational, career, or technical subjects to students at the middle, intermediate, or junior high school level.
$66950
Bachelor’s degree
High job satisfaction
Secondary School Teachers
teach one or more subjects to students at the secondary school level.
$67340
Bachelor’s degree
High job satisfaction
Elementary School Teachers
teach academic and social skills to students at the elementary school level.
$65420
Bachelor’s degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
Middle School Teachers
teach one or more subjects to students at the middle, intermediate, or junior high school level.
$64990
Bachelor’s degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
Kindergarten Teachers
teach academic and social skills to kindergarten students.
$61170
Bachelor’s degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
Vocational Education Professors
teach vocational courses intended to provide occupational training below the baccalaureate level in subjects such as construction, mechanics/repair, manufacturing, transportation, or cosmetology, primarily to students who have graduated from or left high school. Teaching takes place in public or private schools whose primary business is academic or vocational education.
$61710
Associate’s degree
Strong job growth
Preschool Teachers
instruct preschool-aged students, following curricula or lesson plans, in activities designed to promote social, physical, and intellectual growth.
$36550
Bachelor’s degree
Strong job growth
PE Professors
teach courses pertaining to recreation, leisure, and fitness studies, including exercise physiology and facilities management. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
$75430
Doctoral degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
Graduate Teaching Assistants
assist faculty or other instructional staff in postsecondary institutions by performing teaching or teaching-related duties, such as teaching lower level courses, developing teaching materials, preparing and giving examinations, and grading examinations or papers. Graduate teaching assistants must be enrolled in a graduate school program. Graduate assistants who primarily perform non-teaching duties, such as research, should be reported in the occupational category related to the work performed.
$39460
Bachelor’s degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
Philosophy and Religion Professors
teach courses in philosophy, religion, and theology. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
$90160
Doctoral degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
Home Economics Professors
teach courses in childcare, family relations, finance, nutrition, and related subjects pertaining to home management. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
$81580
Doctoral degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
History Professors
teach courses in human history and historiography. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
$85630
Doctoral degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
English Literature Professors
teach courses in English language and literature, including linguistics and comparative literature. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
$81340
Doctoral degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
Foreign Language Professors
teach languages and literature courses in languages other than English. Includes teachers of American Sign Language (ASL). Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
$80410
Doctoral degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
Social Work Professors
teach courses in social work. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
$78110
Doctoral degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
Communications Professors
teach courses in communications, such as organizational communications, public relations, radio/television broadcasting, and journalism. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
$80940
Master’s degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
Art, Drama and Music Professors
teach courses in drama, music, and the arts including fine and applied art, such as painting and sculpture, or design and crafts. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
$84780
Master’s degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
Law Professors
teach courses in law. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
$134760
Doctoral degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
Criminal Justice Professors
teach courses in criminal justice, corrections, and law enforcement administration. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
$74740
Master’s degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
Library Science Professors
teach courses in library science. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
$77560
Doctoral degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
Nursing Professors
demonstrate and teach patient care in classroom and clinical units to nursing students. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
$84060
Master’s degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
Education Professors
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.
$75010
Doctoral degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
Health Specialties Professors
teach courses in health specialties, in fields such as dentistry, laboratory technology, medicine, pharmacy, public health, therapy, and veterinary medicine.
$124890
Master’s degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
Political Science Professors
teach courses in political science, international affairs, and international relations. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
$100970
Doctoral degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
Psychology Professors
teach courses in psychology, such as child, clinical, and developmental psychology, and psychological counseling. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
$89960
Doctoral degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
Sociology Professors
teach courses in sociology. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
$85180
Doctoral degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
Geography Professors
teach courses in geography. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
$87160
Doctoral degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
Economics Professors
teach courses in economics. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
$123720
Doctoral degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
Cultural Studies Professors
teach courses pertaining to the culture and development of an area, an ethnic group, or any other group, such as Latin American studies, women’s studies, or urban affairs. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
$88790
Doctoral degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
Environmental Science Professors
teach courses in environmental science. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
$94520
Doctoral degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
Physics Professors
teach courses pertaining to the laws of matter and energy. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
$101290
Doctoral degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
Anthropology and Archeology Professors
teach courses in anthropology or archeology. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
$98740
Doctoral degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
Forestry and Conservation Professors
teach courses in forestry and conservation science. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
$92420
Doctoral degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
Chemistry Professors
teach courses pertaining to the chemical and physical properties and compositional changes of substances. Work may include providing instruction in the methods of qualitative and quantitative chemical analysis. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching, and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
$94630
Master’s degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
Earth, Marine and Space Professors
teach courses in the physical sciences, except chemistry and physics. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching, and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
$104710
Master’s degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
Engineering Professors
teach courses pertaining to the application of physical laws and principles of engineering for the development of machines, materials, instruments, processes, and services. Includes teachers of subjects such as chemical, civil, electrical, industrial, mechanical, mineral, and petroleum engineering. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
$114130
Doctoral degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
Agricultural Sciences Professors
teach courses in the agricultural sciences. Includes teachers of agronomy, dairy sciences, fisheries management, horticultural sciences, poultry sciences, range management, and agricultural soil conservation. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
$96200
Doctoral degree
High job satisfaction
Biology Professors
teach courses in biological sciences. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
$101320
Doctoral degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
Mathematics Professors
teach courses pertaining to mathematical concepts, statistics, and actuarial science and to the application of original and standardized mathematical techniques in solving specific problems and situations. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
$86760
Master’s degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
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