Education & Library

Language Teachers (Postsecondary)

SOC 25-1121

Teach a foreign language at the college level.

Median pay

$73k

$44k to $124k typical range

Outlook

Growing

66k openings / yr

Education

Master's

AI exposure

15%

modeled estimate, sector level · 93th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

59/100

Key skills

Language fluency
Linguistics
Pedagogy
Curriculum
Communication

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2024-2034). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How we model AI exposure.