Educational Instruction and Library Occupations
BLS May 2025 wages Wide pay band SOC 25-1194

Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary

The published band from $41,960 to $108,620 is the distinctive signal for this role, not a twin of Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary.

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Same-major-group titles next to Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary: Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary ($107K) , Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary ($93K) , Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary ($101K) , Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary ($97K) . Hash-ordered per card so residual SOC siblings do not share an identical peer sentence.

What Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary publish as work

O*NET task statements for SOC 25-1194 - occupation-level descriptions, not every employer's posting. Sibling cards diverge here because the task set is entity-keyed.

  1. 1. Observe and evaluate students' work to determine progress, provide feedback, and make suggestions for improvement
  2. 2. Present lectures and conduct discussions to increase students' knowledge and competence using visual aids, such as graphs, charts, videot…
  3. 3. Supervise and monitor students' use of tools and equipment
  4. 4. Administer oral, written, or performance tests to measure progress and to evaluate training effectiveness
  5. 5. Provide individualized instruction and tutorial or remedial instruction
  6. 6. Prepare reports and maintain records, such as student grades, attendance rolls, and training activity details
  7. 7. Develop curricula and plan course content and methods of instruction
  8. 8. Determine training needs of students or workers
  9. 9. Supervise independent or group projects, field placements, laboratory work, or other training
  10. 10. Integrate academic and vocational curricula so that students can obtain a variety of skills
  11. 11. Select and assemble books, materials, supplies, and equipment for training, courses, or projects
  12. 12. Conduct on-the-job training classes or training sessions to teach and demonstrate principles, techniques, procedures, or methods of desig…

Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary: O*NET ranks Active Listening first

Importance-ranked O*NET profile for SOC 25-1194 - lead skill Active Listening at 4.0 ; lead knowledge Education and Training. Sibling cards diverge here even when peer titles overlap.

Top skills

  1. 1. Active Listening 4.0
  2. 2. Learning Strategies 4.0
  3. 3. Instructing 4.0
  4. 4. Reading Comprehension 3.9
  5. 5. Speaking 3.9
  6. 6. Active Learning 3.9
  7. 7. Critical Thinking 3.8
  8. 8. Writing 3.6

Knowledge areas

  1. 1. Education and Training 4.5
  2. 2. English Language 3.8
  3. 3. Mechanical 3.7
  4. 4. Customer and Personal Service 3.7
  5. 5. Mathematics 3.7
  6. 6. Administrative 3.5
Published pay band (10th to 90th)
$41,960 to $108,620
median $63,820 · ~2.6× spread
$64K
National median
↑ +1%
Growth 2024-2034
8,800
Annual openings
114,110
Estimated US jobs
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
Highest-pay peer · $107K

Typical Entry and Preparation Assignments

Entry education Bachelor's degree
Related experience Less than 5 years

Top Paying States for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary

1. North Dakota $73,570
2. Minnesota $76,920
3. Wyoming $74,210
4. California $76,630
5. New York $75,170
6. South Carolina $79,610
7. Alaska $77,310
8. Wisconsin $82,620
9. Washington $77,530
10. Massachusetts $78,780

Other Educational Instruction and Library Occupations titles

  1. 1. Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary $101,420
  2. 2. Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary $96,980
  3. 3. Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary $98,070
  4. 4. Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary $93,250
  5. 5. Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary $107,310
  6. 6. Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary $99,650

The OEWS band for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary runs from $41,960 (10th) to $108,620 (90th), about 2.6× wide, with median $63,820. That spread, not the midpoint alone, is the distinctive published fact.

Employment Projections expect +1% change between 2024 and 2034 (slower than average vs baseline 3.1%). About 8,800 annual openings are projected. BLS assigns Bachelor's degree as typical education needed for entry and less than 5 years as the typical related-work-experience category. These are occupation-level assignments, not universal requirements. BLS does not publish a separate occupation-specific safety rate for this role; its broad SOC-group rate is excluded from this career card's grade.

Highest published state median in this ranking: North Dakota at $73,570. The table records differences without proving causes. Highest-pay peer shown here: Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary at $107,310. Compare the same statistic in the relevant local wage area before treating the national median as a personal benchmark; OEWS excludes employer benefits.

Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary pay-rank #51 in Educational Instruction and Library Occupations

On the Educational Instruction and Library Occupations median table (64 detailed occupations with OEWS medians), Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary lands at #51, in the lower third. That rank is a table position, not a statement about individual workers.

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Data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025. Projections from BLS Employment Projections program, 2024-2034.

SOC 25-1194 · national median $63,820 · lower third of Educational Instruction and Library Occupations (#51/64). Open the full OEWS map or a named state before treating the card median as a local ask.

Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary salary map

State, metro, and percentile for SOC 25-1194

North Dakota · top state for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary

$74K published median

Minnesota · #2 state pay

$77K · behind North Dakota

Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary

Highest-pay peer vs Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary · $107K

Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary

Lower-pay peer beside Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary · $93K

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where does Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary land on the Educational Instruction and Library Occupations median table? ▼
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary is pay-rank #51 of 64 in this major group, lower third of the median table. Closest lower-third titles: Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education ($64K), Curators ($63K), Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education ($64K), Archivists ($65K). That position is a table rank, not a worker percentile.
What do career/technical education teachers, postsecondary do day to day? ▼
O*NET lists published task statements for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary. Leading ones include: Observe and evaluate students' work to determine progress, provide feedback, and make suggestions for improvement; Present lectures and conduct discussions to increase students' knowledge and competence using visual aids, such as graphs, charts, videot…; Supervise and monitor students' use of tools and equipment; Administer oral, written, or performance tests to measure progress and to evaluate training effectiveness. These are occupation-level task descriptions, not every employer's job description.
Which O*NET skills rank highest for career/technical education teachers, postsecondary? ▼
For SOC 25-1194, O*NET importance scores lead with Active Listening (4.0), Learning Strategies (4.0), Instructing (4.0), Reading Comprehension (3.9). Knowledge areas emphasize Education and Training, English Language, Mechanical. These are occupation-level profiles, not a hiring checklist for every employer.
How wide is the published pay band for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary? ▼
OEWS places the 10th percentile at $41,960 and the 90th at $108,620 for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary (2.6× spread). The national median is $63,820. OEWS does not isolate experience, employer, or geography as the cause of that spread.
What employment change does BLS publish for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary? ▼
The 2024-2034 projection for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary is +1%. Projected annual openings: about 8,800. Relative to the current all-occupations baseline of 3.1%: slower than average.
What typical entry education does BLS assign to Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary? ▼
BLS assigns Bachelor's degree as the typical-education-needed-for-entry category for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary. Related-work-experience category: less than 5 years. These are occupation-level labels, not every employer's hiring rule.
Which three states show the highest OEWS medians for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary? ▼
North Dakota ($73,570), Minnesota ($76,920), Wyoming ($74,210) lead this ranking. The table does not identify why those state estimates differ.

Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Wage and state figures use BLS OEWS May 2025; growth and education use BLS Employment Projections for 2024-2034; safety fields cite BLS CFOI/SOII; task statements cite O*NET where shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OES Occupational wage estimates by area and industry · 2025

Federal sources on this Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary card
  • BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS / OES) - national median and percentiles for SOC 25-1194. bls.gov/oes
  • O*NET OnLine - task and skill statements for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary. onetcenter.org
  • BLS Employment Projections - 2024-2034 change and openings for this occupation. bls.gov/emp
  • U.S. Census Bureau ACS - demographic and labor-force context for state and metro geography. census.gov/programs-surveys/acs
  • IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) - payroll-tax aggregate context for wage comparisons. irs.gov/statistics