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Grows with AI
Business teachers, postsecondary
Teach courses in business administration and management, such as accounting, finance, human resources, labor and industrial relations, marketing, and operations research. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
Among the careers AI is changing fastest: more resilient than 19% of the 831 careers we score. AI exposure is very high (the Bureau of Labor Statistics rates it very high), and US jobs are projected to change by +5.9% by 2035, faster than average. The work leans on creative vision.
AI can help with many of the tasks, and demand is still growing. Being fluent with AI is the edge here.
- Median pay (2025)
- $99,080
- Job growth to 2035
- +5.9%
- Openings a year
- 7,600
- People doing it (2025)
- 104,000
- Usual route in
- Doctorate or professional degree
Where people already use AI for this work
- Advise others on educational or vocational matters
- Maintain current knowledge in area of expertise
- Prepare informational or instructional materials
From Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025).
Work AI rarely helps with
- Assess student capabilities, needs, or performance
- Develop educational programs, plans, or procedures
- Collaborate in the development of educational programs
What the work looks like
- Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as financial accounting, principles of marketing, and operations management.
- Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
- Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
- Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
- Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional organizations and conferences.
From O*NET 31.0, US Department of Labor.
What the Bureau of Labor Statistics expects
- More of these jobs, as demand for bachelor's and master's business degrees from four-year colleges and universities is expected to increase.
- Fewer of these jobs, as demand for associate's degrees in business conferred by junior colleges is expected to decrease.
Careers using similar strengths, with a stronger outlook
- Sociology teachers, postsecondaryChanging shape, Index 20, +2.2%
- Geography teachers, postsecondaryChanging shape, Index 21, +2.7%
- Area, ethnic, and cultural studies teachers, postsecondaryChanging shape, Index 26, +2.7%
- Computer science teachers, postsecondaryGrows with AI, Index 22, +4.9%
Also known as: Business Instructor, Business Professor, Instructor, Professor, Accounting Instructor, Accounting Professor, Associate Professor, Business Administration Professor.
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Sources: US Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections 2025 to 2035; O*NET 31.0; Microsoft Research (2025); Anthropic Economic Index (2026); Eloundou and colleagues (Science, 2024); Felten, Raj and Seamans (2023). How we score. Updated 12 October 2026.