Educational Instruction and Library Occupations
BLS May 2025 wages Wide pay band SOC 25-3099

Teachers and Instructors, All Other

The published band from $37,010 to $118,020 is the distinctive signal for this role, not a twin of Economics Teachers, Postsecondary.

Same-major-group titles next to Teachers and Instructors, All Other: Economics Teachers, Postsecondary ($124K) , Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary ($93K) , Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary ($97K) , Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary ($95K) . Hash-ordered per card so residual SOC siblings do not share an identical peer sentence.

Highest-pay states for Teachers and Instructors, All Other

State names lead when O*NET tasks are absent for this SOC, geography mass differs by occupation even when peer titles overlap.

  1. 1. District of Columbia $93,040
  2. 2. Rhode Island $130,480
  3. 3. California $87,460
  4. 4. Washington $77,720
  5. 5. New York $78,300
  6. 6. Kansas $94,520
  7. 7. Maryland $94,070
  8. 8. Massachusetts $100,610
  9. 9. Maine $84,330
  10. 10. Virginia $85,280
Published pay band (10th to 90th)
$37,010 to $118,020
median $66,140 · ~3.2× spread
$66K
National median
↓ -0%
Growth 2024-2034
18,000
Annual openings
113,790
Estimated US jobs
Economics Teachers, Postsecondary
Highest-pay peer · $124K

Typical Entry and Preparation Assignments

Entry education Bachelor's degree

Peer ladder above lists 12 other Educational Instruction and Library Occupations titles , led here by Economics Teachers, Postsecondary.

The OEWS band for Teachers and Instructors, All Other runs from $37,010 (10th) to $118,020 (90th), about 3.2× wide, with median $66,140. That spread, not the midpoint alone, is the distinctive published fact.

Employment Projections expect -0% change between 2024 and 2034 (declining vs baseline 3.1%). About 18,000 annual openings are projected. BLS assigns Bachelor's degree as typical education needed for entry. 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: District of Columbia at $93,040. The table records differences without proving causes. Highest-pay peer shown here: Economics Teachers, Postsecondary at $123,920. Compare the same statistic in the relevant local wage area before treating the national median as a personal benchmark; OEWS excludes employer benefits.

Teachers and Instructors, All Other pay-rank #44 in Educational Instruction and Library Occupations

On the Educational Instruction and Library Occupations median table (64 detailed occupations with OEWS medians), Teachers and Instructors, All Other lands at #44, in the lower third. That rank is a table position, not a statement about individual workers.

Other lower-third titles · closest medians

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does Teachers and Instructors, All Other land on the Educational Instruction and Library Occupations median table?
Teachers and Instructors, All Other is pay-rank #44 of 64 in this major group, lower third of the median table. Closest lower-third titles: Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School ($65K), Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School ($65K), Special Education Teachers, Preschool ($65K), Archivists ($65K). That position is a table rank, not a worker percentile.
How wide is the published pay band for Teachers and Instructors, All Other?
OEWS places the 10th percentile at $37,010 and the 90th at $118,020 for Teachers and Instructors, All Other (3.2× spread). The national median is $66,140. OEWS does not isolate experience, employer, or geography as the cause of that spread.
What employment change does BLS publish for Teachers and Instructors, All Other?
The 2024-2034 projection for Teachers and Instructors, All Other is -0%. Projected annual openings: about 18,000. Relative to the current all-occupations baseline of 3.1%: declining.
What typical entry education does BLS assign to Teachers and Instructors, All Other?
BLS assigns Bachelor's degree as the typical-education-needed-for-entry category for Teachers and Instructors, All Other. These are occupation-level labels, not every employer's hiring rule.
Which three states show the highest OEWS medians for Teachers and Instructors, All Other?
District of Columbia ($93,040), Rhode Island ($130,480), California ($87,460) 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 Teachers and Instructors, All Other card
  • BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS / OES) - national median and percentiles for SOC 25-3099. bls.gov/oes
  • O*NET OnLine - task and skill statements for Teachers and Instructors, All Other. 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