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Changing shape
Forestry and conservation science teachers, postsecondary
Teach courses in forestry and conservation 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 16% of the 831 careers we score. AI exposure is high (the Bureau of Labor Statistics rates it very high), and US jobs are projected to change by +2.8% 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)
- $101,420
- Job growth to 2035
- +2.8%
- Openings a year
- 100
- People doing it (2025)
- 1,800
- 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
- Maintain operational records
What the work looks like
- Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
- Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics, such as forest resource policy, forest pathology, and mapping.
- Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
- Supervise students' laboratory or field work.
- Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
From O*NET 31.0, US Department of Labor.
Careers using similar strengths, with a stronger outlook
- Physics teachers, postsecondaryChanging shape, Index 27, +2.4%
- Biological science teachers, postsecondaryGrows with AI, Index 34, +7.3%
- Computer science teachers, postsecondaryGrows with AI, Index 22, +4.9%
- Agricultural sciences teachers, postsecondaryChanging shape, Index 29, +2.9%
Also known as: Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Forestry Professor, Professor, Conservation Biology Professor, Extension Professor, Forest Technology Professor, Lecturer.
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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.