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Changing shape
Postsecondary teachers, all other
All postsecondary teachers not listed separately.
Changing faster than most: more resilient than 20% 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 +2.0% 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)
- $77,640
- Job growth to 2035
- +2.0%
- Openings a year
- 12,500
- People doing it (2025)
- 183,000
- Usual route in
- Doctorate or professional degree
What the Bureau of Labor Statistics expects
- More of these jobs, as enrollments in career and technical education courses decrease in favor of other fields, such as communications, design, healthcare, and public service.
Careers using similar strengths, with a stronger outlook
- Computer science teachers, postsecondaryGrows with AI, Index 22, +4.9%
- Architecture teachers, postsecondaryChanging shape, Index 34, +2.6%
- Anthropology and archeology teachers, postsecondaryChanging shape, Index 21, +2.6%
- Area, ethnic, and cultural studies teachers, postsecondaryChanging shape, Index 26, +2.7%
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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.