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Changing shape
Environmental science teachers, postsecondary
Teach courses in environmental science. 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 18% 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 +2.7% by 2035, slower than average. The work leans on creative vision and emotional intelligence.
AI can do many of the tasks, and hiring is expected to grow slower than average or to shrink. The job is likely to change, so build the human parts of it.
- Median pay (2025)
- $94,980
- Job growth to 2035
- +2.7%
- Openings a year
- 600
- People doing it (2025)
- 8,400
- 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
- Teach academic or vocational subjects
From Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025).
Work AI rarely helps with
- Assess student capabilities, needs, or performance
- Supervise personnel activities
- Develop educational programs, plans, or procedures
What the work looks like
- Evaluate and grade students' class work, laboratory work, assignments, and papers.
- Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
- Supervise students' laboratory and field work.
- Advise students on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues.
- Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
From O*NET 31.0, US Department of Labor.
Careers using similar strengths, with a stronger outlook
- Computer science teachers, postsecondaryGrows with AI, Index 22, +4.9%
- Postsecondary teachers, all otherChanging shape, Index 20, +2.0%
- Social sciences teachers, postsecondary, all otherChanging shape, Index 19, +1.6%
- Physics teachers, postsecondaryChanging shape, Index 27, +2.4%
Also known as: Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Environmental Sciences Professor, Professor, Adjunct Professor, Environmental Engineering Professor, Environmental Studies Professor, Faculty Member.
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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.