Education & Library

Health Specialties Teachers

SOC 25-1071

Teach future health professionals at the college and graduate level.

The job

Median pay

$107k

$76k to $210k typical range

Outlook, 2025 to 2035

Growing fast

+18% projected

Openings a year

25k

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

7/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

93rd pct

More exposed than 93% of occupations · modeled estimate · 91st pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

66/100

At a glance

Looking to 2035, the projected change for Health Specialties Teachers is +18%, well ahead of the typical occupation we cover. Each year, openings for Health Specialties Teachers total about 24,900. Typical entry-level education is a doctoral degree. Median pay is $107,310, 60% above the typical occupation we cover (67% above the Education & Library median). Modeled AI exposure sits at the 93rd percentile, with displacement risk rated very high and works-with-AI at 7/100, tilting toward AI replacing tasks. Growth is the contrast with English Teachers: +18% here against 0.0% there.

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Weigh it against Engineering TeachersPay, outlook, entry and AI exposure side by side See where it pays mostUtah leads at $168k; all states are listed below Find careers like itOpen the map at Health Specialties Teachers and explore its neighbours See open jobsHealth Specialties Teachers roles hiring now Learn the skillsCourses for Health Specialties Teachers, who lean most on reading comprehension Real pay & reviewsSelf-reported pay and reviews on Glassdoor

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Key skills

Reading Comprehension
Speaking
Active Listening
Writing
Critical Thinking
Active Learning

Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 50 states and DC. 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	21,410	2.2	1.6×	$131k
Texas	18,960	1.3	0.9×	$108k
California	17,350	1.0	0.7×	$165k
Pennsylvania	14,890	2.5	1.7×	$108k
Massachusetts	10,250	2.8	2.0×	$135k
North Carolina	9,240	1.9	1.3×	$103k
Florida	8,500	0.9	0.6×	$89k
Colorado	7,800	2.7	1.9×	$137k
Illinois	7,740	1.3	0.9×	$93k
Maryland	7,460	2.7	1.9×	$108k

All 50 states and DC

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
Connecticut	7,370	4.3	3.0×	$118k (estimated)
Missouri	5,700	1.9	1.4×	$130k
Ohio	5,670	1.0	0.7×	$75k
Virginia	5,040	1.2	0.9×	$107k
Indiana	4,880	1.5	1.1×	$98k
Georgia	4,860	1.0	0.7×	$107k
Washington	4,510	1.3	0.9×	$138k
Wisconsin	4,410	1.5	1.1×	$82k
Tennessee	4,400	1.3	0.9×	$99k
Arizona	3,620	1.1	0.8×	$99k
Utah	3,520	2.0	1.4×	$168k
Michigan	3,430	0.8	0.6×	$109k
Alabama	3,360	1.6	1.1×	$92k
Iowa	3,230	2.1	1.5×	$128k
Minnesota	3,050	1.0	0.7×	$104k
New Jersey	2,960	0.7	0.5×	$97k
Nebraska	2,760	2.7	1.9×	$81k
West Virginia	2,400	3.4	2.4×	$60k
Louisiana	2,250	1.2	0.8×	$125k
Oregon	2,170	1.1	0.8×	$103k
Arkansas	2,080	1.6	1.1×	$125k
Mississippi	1,890	1.6	1.1×	$137k
Washington DC	1,460	2.1	1.5×	$168k
New Mexico	1,430	1.6	1.1×	$135k
Kentucky	1,380	0.7	0.5×	$84k
Nevada	1,230	0.8	0.6×	$77k
Vermont	1,170	3.9	2.7×	$108k
Idaho	1,072 (estimated)	1.3 (estimated)	0.9× (estimated)	$102k
Kansas	1,060	0.7	0.5×	$87k
South Carolina	1,030	0.4	0.3×	$82k
Oklahoma	950	0.6	0.4×	$76k
Maine	730	1.1	0.8×	$103k
North Dakota	510	1.2	0.8×	$101k
Rhode Island	480	1.0	0.7×	$104k
Alaska	478 (estimated)	1.5 (estimated)	1.0× (estimated)	$74k
New Hampshire	430	0.6	0.4×	$85k
Montana	370	0.7	0.5×	$101k
Hawaii	290	0.5	0.3×	$81k
South Dakota	270	0.6	0.4×	$79k
Delaware	260	0.5	0.4×	$106k
Wyoming	230	0.8	0.6×	$93k

Top metro areas

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ15,040 jobs · $128k median
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD11,210 jobs · $108k median
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA8,410 jobs · $135k median
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH7,830 jobs · $164k median
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO6,710 jobs · $169k median
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN6,390 jobs · $101k median
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA4,340 jobs · $357k median
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL4,090 jobs · $129k 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.