Postsecondary teachers
Detailed Occupation
Add ComparisonPostsecondary teachers are most often employed by the Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges industry. The average yearly wage for Postsecondary teachers was N/A in 2020.
The locations that employ the most Postsecondary teachers are . The locations with a relatively high concentration of Postsecondary teachers are .
Employment and salary information for the Postsecondary teachers workforce. Postsecondary teachers workforce in 2022 was 1,468,083 people, of which 49.7% were women and 50.3% were men. Postsecondary teachers are paid most in Hendricks County PUMA, IN but are relatively concentrated in false.
The Postsecondary teachers workforce in 2022 was 1,468,083 people (49.7% women and 50.3% men). This implies an average annual growth of 2.12% between 2014 (1,437,556) and 2022 (1,468,083).
This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Postsecondary teachers.
During 2020, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were District of Columbia ($87,102), Connecticut ($79,264), and New Hampshire ($75,699).
In 2022, Postsecondary teachers earned an average of $76,526, $11,843 more than the average national salary of $64,683
In undefined, Postsecondary teachers had a wage GINI coefficient of 1, which is higher than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly for Postsecondary teachers (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).
The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Postsecondary teachers compared to the entire workforce in the country.
Information on the industries that employ Postsecondary teachers and on wages for those in the field. Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges is the industry that employs the most Postsecondary teachers, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Postsecondary teachers, by average wage, is Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing ($200,957).
This graphic shows the share of Postsecondary teachers employed by various industries. Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges employs the largest share of Postsecondary teachers at 97.3%, followed by Business, technical & trade schools and training with 1.79% and Other schools & instruction and educational support services with 0.955%.
Demographic information on Postsecondary teachers in the US. The workforce of Postsecondary teachers in 2022 was 1,468,083 people, with 49.7% woman, and 50.3% men. The average age of male Postsecondary teachers in the workforce is N/A and of female Postsecondary teachers is N/A, and the most common race/ethnicity for Postsecondary teachers is White.
The workforce of Postsecondary teachers in 2022 was 1,468,083 people, with 49.7% woman, and 50.3% men.
The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 35 to 39 years (162,084 people), 40 to 44 years (156,930 people), and 45 to 49 years (153,179 people). Among them they concentrated 32.2% of the total workforce.
In N/A, N/A% of Postsecondary teachers workers were Hispanic and N/A% non-Hispanic.
The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (60.1%), Puerto Rican (28.2)%, and All Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino (11.7)%
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In N/A, 73.9% of the Postsecondary teachers workforce were White, of which 50.2% were women and 49.8% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Asian (13.1%) and Black (6.89%).
Data on higher education choices for Postsecondary teachers from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Postsecondary teachers is Education but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2020 were Math & Statistics.
Among the necessary skills for Postsecondary teachers, Instructing stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Postsecondary teachers need more than the average amount of Instructing.
The most common majors achieved by Postsecondary teachers in 2020 (counting all academic degrees) were Education (127,105 people), Biology (122,990 people), and Social Sciences (113,025 people).
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The main educational levels achieved by the Postsecondary teachers workers were Graduate Degree (1,069,790 people), Bachelors Degree (255,484 people), and Some college (69,717 people).
The graphic shows the Postsecondary teachers workforce by gender and educational level.
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Postsecondary teachers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Postsecondary teachers need many skills, but most especially Instructing, Speaking, Learning Strategies.
