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Language Teachers (Postsecondary)

SOC 25-1121

Teach a foreign language at the college level.

The job
Median pay
$79k
$62k to $104k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing
+2.2% projected
Openings a year
8k
BLS projection
Typical education
Master's
Our model
AI exposure
38th pct
More exposed than 38% of occupations · modeled estimate · 93rd pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
60/100

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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 York14,9201.52.6×$99k
California9,8200.50.9×$99k
Texas6,7300.50.8×$78k
Massachusetts4,9601.42.3×$86k
Illinois4,1700.71.1×$63k
Pennsylvania4,1700.71.1×$77k
Ohio3,9400.71.2×$78k
New Jersey3,3000.81.3×$80k
North Carolina2,8800.61.0×$74k
Virginia2,8400.71.1×$75k
All 51 states
StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
Florida2,4900.30.4×$64k
Michigan2,4100.50.9×$83k
Colorado1,9500.71.1×$70k
Indiana1,9200.61.0×$76k
Georgia1,9100.40.7×$80k
Wisconsin1,8400.61.0×$78k
Missouri1,4500.50.8×$76k
Oregon1,4400.71.2×$77k
Connecticut1,4300.81.4×$79k
Washington1,4000.40.7×$78k
Tennessee1,3700.40.7×$72k
Minnesota1,3100.40.7×$78k
South Carolina1,2900.60.9×$62k
Maryland1,2800.50.8×$86k
Arizona1,0400.30.5×$72k
Iowa9100.61.0×$78k
Alabama9000.40.7×$64k
Kentucky9000.40.8×$64k
Utah7900.50.8×$66k
Oklahoma7600.40.7×$62k
Louisiana7200.40.6×$79k
Kansas6400.40.7×$61k
Mississippi5400.50.8×$61k
Nebraska4900.50.8×$75k
New Hampshire4400.61.1×$79k
Rhode Island4400.91.5×$98k
Hawaii4210.71.1×$77k~
New Mexico3800.40.7×$76k
Arkansas3600.30.5×$61k
Washington DC3500.50.8×$97k
Maine3400.50.9×$80k
West Virginia3400.50.8×$73k
Nevada2600.20.3×$53k
Idaho2500.30.5×$72k
Alaska2020.61.0×$97k~
South Dakota2000.40.7×$63k
Montana1900.40.6×$78k
Vermont1800.61.0×$98k
Wyoming1800.61.1×$59k
Delaware1500.30.5×$103k
North Dakota1300.30.5×$67k

Top metro areas

  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ13,080 jobs · $101k median
  2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA5,200 jobs · $91k median
  3. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH3,820 jobs · $96k median
  4. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN2,950 jobs · $63k median
  5. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX1,770 jobs · $77k median
  6. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD1,750 jobs · $78k median
  7. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV1,200 jobs · $80k median
  8. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX1,100 jobs · $96k 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.