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title: "Business Teacher, Postsecondary"
description: "Teach courses in business administration and management, such as accounting, finance, human resources, labor and industrial relations, marketing, and…"
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# Business Teacher, Postsecondary

**Category:** Educational Instruction and Library · **SOC code:** 25-1011 · **O\*NET-SOC code:** 25-1011.00

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.

Also advertised as: Accounting Instructor; Accounting Professor; Associate Professor; Business Administration Professor; Business Instructor; Business Professor; Instructor; Management Professor.

## At a glance

- **Median annual wage:** $99,080 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)
- **Median hourly wage:** Not published by BLS
- **Wage range (10th–90th percentile):** $47,180 to $209,470, with the middle half between $64,150 and $141,710
- **Total US employment:** 82,150
- **Typical entry education:** Doctorate
- **Preparation required:** Considerable preparation — O\*NET rates this "Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed"
- **Projected growth:** +5.9% over 2025–2035 (BLS EP, 2025–2035)
- **Annual job openings:** 7,600 openings a year
- **AI-resilience score:** 30/100 — a NueCareer heuristic over O\*NET work activities and context, not a BLS or O\*NET figure

## Pay

National wage distribution, BLS OEWS, May 2025, across 82,150 US jobs.

| Percentile | Annual wage |
| --- | --- |
| 10th | $47,180 |
| 25th | $64,150 |
| 50th (median) | $99,080 |
| 75th | $141,710 |
| 90th | $209,470 |
| Mean (average) | $114,720 |

### Pay by state

The 15 highest-paying states, by median annual wage. The cost-of-living-adjusted column divides the state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity, so the columns answer different questions: the first is what the job pays there, the second is what that pay buys there.

| State | Median annual wage | Cost-of-living adjusted | Employment |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AK | $168,930 | $165,037 | 130 |
| DE | $130,370 | $130,621 | 280 |
| LA | $129,040 | $146,292 | 640 |
| CA | $128,470 | $116,031 | 5,290 |
| DC | $128,370 | $116,805 | 630 |
| MD | $126,560 | $120,580 | 2,280 |
| UT | $115,870 | $117,201 | 460 |
| MI | $111,190 | $115,562 | 2,240 |
| ND | $110,050 | $123,709 | 250 |
| NY | $104,490 | $96,821 | 7,480 |
| WV | $104,480 | $116,741 | 420 |
| VA | $103,860 | $102,726 | 2,450 |
| RI | $103,820 | $101,506 | 360 |
| CT | $103,750 | $100,135 | 1,310 |
| MA | $103,110 | $97,497 | 4,190 |

37 more states with published wage data are omitted here. The full table for all 52 states is at https://nuecareer.com/careers/business-teacher-postsecondary/salary-by-state, or as JSON at https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/careers/business-teacher-postsecondary.

## Outlook

BLS projects employment to move from 103,600 in the 2025–2035 base year to 109,700 by the end of the cycle — a gain of 6,100 jobs, or +5.9%. Faster than average: 5.9% against 3.5% projected for all occupations over the same cycle. About 7,600 openings a year are expected on average, counting openings from growth as well as from workers leaving the occupation permanently. Source: BLS EP, 2025–2035.

## How to get in

- **Typical entry education:** Doctoral or professional degree (BLS Employment Projections).
- **Preparation level:** Considerable preparation — O\*NET's preparation band for this occupation is "Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed".
- **Related work experience typically required:** None.
- **Typical on-the-job training:** None.

### Education people in this job actually hold

O\*NET surveys incumbents, so this distribution describes who is in the job today and can differ from the BLS entry requirement above.

| Education level | Share of workers |
| --- | --- |
| Doctoral Degree | 72.8% |
| Master's Degree | 20.4% |
| Bachelor's Degree | 5.4% |
| Post-Baccalaureate Certificate | 0.6% |
| First Professional Degree | 0.5% |
| Post-Master's Certificate | 0.3% |

## What the work involves

- Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
- 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.
- Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
- Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
- Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
- Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, and course materials and methods of instruction.
- Select and obtain materials and supplies, such as textbooks.

## Skills and knowledge

### Essential skills

- Speaking — importance 4.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Reading Comprehension — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Active Listening — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Writing — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Learning Strategies — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Critical Thinking — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Active Learning — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Monitoring — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Transferable skills

These are the skills that carry into other occupations, and they drive the related-occupation and career-change rankings on this site.

- Instructing — importance 4.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Complex Problem Solving — importance 3.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Judgment and Decision Making — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Social Perceptiveness — importance 3.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Time Management — importance 3.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Systems Analysis — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Systems Evaluation — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Coordination — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Knowledge areas

- English Language — importance 4.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Education and Training — importance 4.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Administration and Management — importance 4.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Economics and Accounting — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Mathematics — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Law and Government — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Abilities

- Oral Expression — importance 4.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Written Comprehension — importance 4.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Written Expression — importance 4.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Speech Clarity — importance 4.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Oral Comprehension — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Deductive Reasoning — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

## Who it suits

O\*NET rates every occupation on the six Holland (RIASEC) interest areas, on a 1–7 scale. This occupation's strongest areas are Social (S), Investigative (I), Enterprising (E).

| Interest area | Score (1–7) |
| --- | --- |
| S — Social | 6.43 |
| I — Investigative | 4.85 |
| E — Enterprising | 3.83 |
| C — Conventional | 3.77 |
| A — Artistic | 3.20 |
| R — Realistic | 2.00 |

### Personality fit

These scores are **derived by NueCareer**, not published by any government agency: they are cosine similarities between a personality type's trait profile and this occupation's O\*NET interest and work-style ratings, expressed 0–100. Treat them as a starting point for exploration, not as evidence that a type belongs in a job.

| Type | Fit score (0–100) |
| --- | --- |
| ENFJ | 74.4 |
| ENFP | 66.3 |
| INFJ | 64.3 |
| ESFJ | 63.9 |
| ESFP | 61.9 |

Best-fitting types: ENFJ.

## Related occupations

O\*NET's primary related occupations, in its own ranked order.

- [Economics Teacher, Postsecondary](https://nuecareer.com/careers/economics-teacher-postsecondary) — median $123,920
- [Management Analyst](https://nuecareer.com/careers/management-analyst) — median $101,860
- [Career/Technical Education Teacher, Secondary School](https://nuecareer.com/careers/career-technical-education-teacher-secondary-school) — median $66,270
- [Law Teacher, Postsecondary](https://nuecareer.com/careers/law-teacher-postsecondary) — median $128,500
- [Instructional Coordinator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/instructional-coordinator) — median $77,440
- [Computer Science Teacher, Postsecondary](https://nuecareer.com/careers/computer-science-teacher-postsecondary) — median $96,980
- [Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher, Postsecondary](https://nuecareer.com/careers/family-and-consumer-sciences-teacher-postsecondary) — median $75,870
- [Education Teacher, Postsecondary](https://nuecareer.com/careers/education-teacher-postsecondary) — median $75,350
- [Career/Technical Education Teacher, Postsecondary](https://nuecareer.com/careers/career-technical-education-teacher-postsecondary) — median $63,820
- [Library Science Teacher, Postsecondary](https://nuecareer.com/careers/library-science-teacher-postsecondary) — median $80,340

## Sources

- **O\*NET** — O\*NET 31.0 Database, August 2026. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS OEWS** — BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **BLS EP** — BLS Employment Projections, Table 1.2, 2025–2035. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **BLS OOH** — BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2025–2035 edition. https://www.bls.gov/ooh/
- **BEA RPP** — BEA Regional Price Parities by State, 2024. https://www.bea.gov/data/prices-inflation/regional-price-parities-state-and-metro-area

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