Education & Library

English Teachers

SOC 25-1123

Teach writing and literature and conduct scholarly research.

The job

Median pay

$79k

$61k to $103k typical range

Outlook, 2025 to 2035

Stable

0.0% projected

Openings a year

BLS projection

Typical education

Doctoral

Our model

AI displacement risk

Very high

How much of this job AI may do instead of the person

Works with AI

8/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

94th pct

More exposed than 94% of occupations · modeled estimate · 94th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

45/100

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Key skills

Reading Comprehension
Writing
Speaking
Active Listening
Learning Strategies
Active Learning

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.

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
New York	6,110	0.6	1.7×	$85k
California	5,460	0.3	0.8×	$130k
Texas	4,310	0.3	0.8×	$79k
Massachusetts	2,900	0.8	2.1×	$84k
Illinois	2,570	0.4	1.1×	$78k
Pennsylvania	2,530	0.4	1.1×	$81k
Florida	2,480	0.2	0.7×	$60k
Ohio	2,240	0.4	1.1×	$65k
North Carolina	2,140	0.4	1.2×	$63k
New Jersey	1,950	0.5	1.2×	$79k

All 51 states

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
Virginia	1,810	0.4	1.2×	$67k
Michigan	1,730	0.4	1.1×	$90k
Colorado	1,220	0.4	1.1×	$73k
Tennessee	1,150	0.4	0.9×	$64k
Georgia	1,140	0.2	0.6×	$66k
Alabama	1,040	0.5	1.3×	$63k
Missouri	1,040	0.4	0.9×	$73k
Indiana	1,000	0.3	0.8×	$69k
Washington	1,000	0.3	0.8×	$80k
Oregon	960	0.5	1.3×	$92k
Connecticut	940	0.6	1.5×	$97k
Minnesota	920	0.3	0.8×	$84k
Arizona	870	0.3	0.7×	$77k
South Carolina	840	0.4	1.0×	$64k
Wisconsin	840	0.3	0.8×	$81k
Maryland	830	0.3	0.8×	$84k
Kentucky	540	0.3	0.7×	$65k
Rhode Island	540	1.1	2.9×	$79k
Mississippi	530	0.5	1.2×	$61k
Iowa	510	0.3	0.9×	$80k
Nebraska	500	0.5	1.3×	$78k
Oklahoma	500	0.3	0.8×	$53k
Kansas	460	0.3	0.9×	$62k
Louisiana	430	0.2	0.6×	$60k
Utah	420	0.2	0.7×	$73k
Washington DC	410	0.6	1.6×	$82k
Arkansas	320	0.2	0.7×	$57k
Idaho	280	0.3	0.9×	$70k~
Nevada	280	0.2	0.5×	$86k
Hawaii	260	0.4	1.1×	$77k~
West Virginia	250	0.4	1.0×	$63k
Maine	230	0.4	1.0×	$84k
New Hampshire	230	0.3	0.9×	$99k
New Mexico	230	0.3	0.7×	$66k
Delaware	181	0.4	1.0×	$97k~
Vermont	170	0.6	1.5×	$87k
Wyoming	140	0.5	1.3×	$62k
Montana	130	0.3	0.7×	$73k
North Dakota	120	0.3	0.8×	$64k
South Dakota	110	0.2	0.7×	$63k
Alaska	90	0.3	0.7×	$83k

Top metro areas

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ5,320 jobs · $96k median
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA2,150 jobs · $129k median
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH2,110 jobs · $87k median
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN1,850 jobs · $79k median
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD1,220 jobs · $84k median
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV1,030 jobs · $82k median
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX940 jobs · $103k median
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX920 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.