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Biological Science Teachers

SOC 25-1042

Teach biology and run a research program at a university.

The job
Median pay
$85k
$64k to $127k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing fast
+7.3% projected
Openings a year
5k
BLS projection
Typical education
Doctoral
Our model
AI displacement risk
High
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
9/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
86th pct
More exposed than 86% of occupations · modeled estimate · 84th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
54/100

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Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.

StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
New York3,8700.41.2×$98k
Texas3,8400.30.8×$82k
California3,6100.20.6×$129k
Pennsylvania2,4100.41.2×$86k
Illinois2,3400.41.2×$99k
Massachusetts2,0600.61.8×$105k
Florida2,0200.20.6×$57k
North Carolina1,9600.41.2×$78k
Virginia1,7600.41.3×$79k
New Jersey1,5700.41.1×$80k
All 51 states
StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
Michigan1,4600.31.0×$104k
Ohio1,3500.20.8×$80k
Alabama1,1600.51.7×$78k
Indiana1,1000.31.1×$83k
Missouri1,0600.41.1×$81k
Georgia9800.20.6×$88k
Maryland9700.41.1×$84k
Washington9600.30.8×$97k
Wisconsin9500.31.0×$79k
Connecticut8700.51.6×$96k
Arizona8360.30.8×$83k~
Tennessee8300.30.8×$79k
Colorado8100.30.9×$99k
Oregon8000.41.3×$101k
Minnesota7800.30.8×$97k
South Carolina7500.31.0×$82k
Mississippi5800.51.6×$67k
Iowa5400.31.1×$78k
Nebraska5000.51.5×$81k
Kentucky4700.20.7×$71k
Oklahoma4700.30.8×$66k
Arkansas4300.31.0×$78k
Kansas4300.30.9×$81k
Louisiana3900.20.6×$79k
Washington DC3500.51.5×$97k
Nevada3500.20.7×$85k
Utah3000.20.5×$82k
Maine2700.41.3×$84k
Rhode Island2500.51.5×$102k
Hawaii2260.41.1×$83k~
Idaho2200.30.8×$82k
West Virginia2200.31.0×$67k
New Hampshire1700.20.8×$102k
North Dakota1700.41.2×$91k
Vermont1700.61.7×$82k
South Dakota1600.31.1×$77k
Wyoming1600.61.8×$83k
New Mexico1500.20.5×$99k
Delaware1300.30.8×$101k
Montana1100.20.7×$100k
Alaska1090.31.0×$105k~

Top metro areas

  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ3,070 jobs · $98k median
  2. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN1,760 jobs · $102k median
  3. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH1,380 jobs · $128k median
  4. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA1,250 jobs · $128k median
  5. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD1,070 jobs · $95k median
  6. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV960 jobs · $83k median
  7. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX820 jobs · $100k median
  8. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX650 jobs · $82k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.