Business Teachers, Postsecondary

Median salary

$99,080

Average salary

$114,720

Employment

82,150

Projected growth

5.7% growth

Annual openings

8,100

Typical entry education

Doctoral or professional degree

What Business Teachers, Postsecondary Do

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.

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Career Outlook

National employment outlook, 2024–2034.

Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: None
Self-employed: 0.3%

Source: BLS Employment Projections — 2024-2034.

How Much Preparation Does This Take?

Job Zone 5 of 5

Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed

Experience: Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience.
Education: Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).
Job training: Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.

Source: O*NET Job Zones.

Key Knowledge Areas

Subject-matter areas this occupation draws on most, per O*NET.

English Languageimportance 4.6/5
Education and Trainingimportance 4.5/5
Administration and Managementimportance 4.1/5
Economics and Accountingimportance 4.0/5
Mathematicsimportance 3.9/5
Law and Governmentimportance 3.8/5
Computers and Electronicsimportance 3.8/5
Customer and Personal Serviceimportance 3.7/5

Work Environment

What the day-to-day work setting is like, per O*NET.

E-Mail5.0/5
Freedom to Make Decisions4.7/5
Determine Tasks, Priorities and Goals4.7/5
Indoors, Environmentally Controlled4.5/5
Public Speaking4.3/5
Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams4.1/5

Careers With Similar Skills

Occupations whose Transferable Skills profile most closely matches this one — a mathematical comparison, not observed data about people actually moving between these careers.

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Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary99% skill match
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Transferable Skills

Cross-functional skills this occupation draws on most, per O*NET — the kind that carry over to other careers.

Instructingimportance 4.1/5
Complex Problem Solvingimportance 3.5/5
Judgment and Decision Makingimportance 3.4/5
Social Perceptivenessimportance 3.3/5
Time Managementimportance 3.3/5
Systems Analysisimportance 3.1/5
Systems Evaluationimportance 3.1/5
Coordinationimportance 3.0/5

Software & Technologies

Tools and software used in this occupation, per O*NET.

Hot Technologies

In-Demand Technologies

Learning management system LMS

Other Software Used

Almaris E-Learning Systems Financial Accounting Tutor
Blackboard Learn
Blackboard software
Collaborative editing software
Course management system software
DOC Cop
Desire2Learn LMS software
Email software

Work Style

Personal work characteristics that matter most for this occupation, per O*NET.

Intellectual Curiosity
Dependability
Social Orientation
Achievement Orientation
Integrity
Cooperation
Attention to Detail

Career Interests

This occupation’s RIASEC interest profile, per O*NET — how strongly it fits each of the six Holland interest types.

SocialHigh
InvestigativeMedium
EnterprisingMedium
ConventionalMedium
ArtisticMedium
RealisticLow

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Where This Career Is Most Concentrated

Metro areas where business teachers, postsecondary make up the largest share of local employment, relative to the national average (BLS location quotient).

1Ithaca, NY14.80× national avg
2Bloomington, IN13.29× national avg
3College Station-Bryan, TX5.58× national avg
4Lawrence, KS5.57× national avg
5South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI4.35× national avg

Possible Career Moves

A computed starting point, not observed job-change data — see the full list for why each one might fit.

Economics Teachers, PostsecondaryLateral Move
Law Teachers, PostsecondaryLateral Move
Library Science Teachers, PostsecondaryLateral Move
Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, PostsecondaryLateral Move

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Related Education Programs

Schools that offer related fields of study, based on the NCES CIP-SOC crosswalk — not a guarantee that graduates enter this specific career.