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Postsecondary Professors

SOC 25-1099

Teach college courses, publish research, and advise students.

The job
Median pay
$78k
$59k to $107k typical range
BLS figure for Postsecondary Teachers, All Other
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing
+2.0% projected
BLS figure for Postsecondary Teachers, All Other
Openings a year
13k
BLS figure for Postsecondary Teachers, All Other
Typical education
Doctoral
Our model
AI displacement risk
Moderate
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
28th pct
More exposed than 28% of occupations · modeled estimate
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
California37,7702.12.1×$101k
Florida14,7301.51.5×$63k
Pennsylvania12,1002.02.1×$65k
Louisiana6,8703.63.7×$79k
Ohio5,6701.01.1×$76k
Georgia5,4801.11.2×$65k
Maryland4,8401.81.8×$83k
Texas4,6000.30.3×$64k
Kentucky4,1202.12.1×$68k
Oregon3,8402.02.0×$72k
All 51 states
StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
Utah3,6402.12.2×$61k
New York2,8100.30.3×$68k
Michigan2,6600.60.6×$71k
Minnesota2,6200.90.9×$84k
Kansas2,5301.81.8×$76k
Tennessee2,4100.70.8×$76k
Idaho2,2002.62.7×$74k
North Carolina2,0300.40.4×$74k
Arizona2,0000.60.6×$77k
Connecticut1,9401.11.2×$78k
Massachusetts1,7900.50.5×$94k
Oklahoma1,7201.01.1×$85k
South Carolina1,6000.70.7×$78k
Virginia1,5800.40.4×$84k
Arkansas1,5301.21.2×$55k
Iowa1,4800.91.0×$72k
Nevada1,4600.91.0×$59k
New Mexico1,3601.61.6×$79k
Indiana1,3400.40.4×$76k
Wisconsin1,2800.40.5×$79k
Missouri1,0800.40.4×$62k
New Jersey1,0400.20.3×$85k
Illinois9900.20.2×$60k
Nebraska8300.80.8×$52k
Rhode Island7701.51.6×$60k
Montana5701.11.2×$78k
Hawaii5100.80.8×$50k
Colorado4800.20.2×$83k
Wyoming4801.71.8×$47k
North Dakota4701.11.1×$63k
Washington4700.10.1×$79k
Delaware4691.01.0×$101k~
South Dakota4330.91.0×$63k~
West Virginia4300.60.6×$65k
Washington DC4000.60.6×$79k
New Hampshire3300.50.5×$80k
Alaska3241.01.0×$96k~
Mississippi3000.30.3×$63k~
Maine2800.40.5×$60k
Alabama2200.10.1×$51k
Vermont700.20.2×$59k

Top metro areas

  1. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA14,070 jobs · $106k median
  2. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL4,240 jobs · $100k median
  3. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA4,190 jobs · $83k median
  4. San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA3,480 jobs · $102k median
  5. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA3,130 jobs · $95k median
  6. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV3,020 jobs · $99k median
  7. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA2,630 jobs · $78k median
  8. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ2,500 jobs · $73k median

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BLS does not publish this occupation on its own. Pay and outlook here are BLS's figures for Postsecondary Teachers, All Other (SOC 25-1199), the occupation it is grouped with, so the real figures for this job could sit either side of them. Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.