Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary

Median salary

$80,340

Average salary

$88,110

Employment

3,630

Projected growth

3% growth

Annual openings

400

Typical entry education

Doctoral or professional degree

What Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary Do

Teach courses in library science. 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: Not available

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 4.7/5
Education and Trainingimportance 4.5/5
Computers and Electronicsimportance 4.2/5
Customer and Personal Serviceimportance 3.9/5
Communications and Mediaimportance 3.6/5
Sociology and Anthropologyimportance 3.5/5
Psychologyimportance 3.4/5
Administration and Managementimportance 3.2/5

Work Environment

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

E-Mail5.0/5
Determine Tasks, Priorities and Goals5.0/5
Freedom to Make Decisions4.9/5
Indoors, Environmentally Controlled4.7/5
Spend Time Sitting4.6/5
Contact With Others4.3/5

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.

Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary99% skill match
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary99% skill match
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary99% skill match
Business Teachers, Postsecondary99% skill match
Education Teachers, Postsecondary98% skill match
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary98% skill match
Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary98% skill match
Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary98% skill match

Transferable Skills

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

Instructingimportance 4.3/5
Complex Problem Solvingimportance 3.6/5
Social Perceptivenessimportance 3.3/5
Judgment and Decision Makingimportance 3.3/5
Coordinationimportance 3.1/5
Systems Analysisimportance 3.1/5
Systems Evaluationimportance 3.1/5
Service Orientationimportance 3.0/5

Software & Technologies

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

Hot Technologies

Other Software Used

Association for Computing Machinery Digital Library
Blackboard Learn
Collaborative editing software
Course management system software
DOC Cop
Database management system software
Desire2Learn LMS software
EBSCO Information Services Academic Search Premier

Work Style

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

Intellectual Curiosity
Dependability
Social Orientation
Cooperation
Integrity
Achievement Orientation
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
InvestigativeHigh
ConventionalMedium
ArtisticMedium
RealisticLow
EnterprisingLow

Specific Interests

A more detailed breakdown of this occupation’s interest profile, per O*NET.

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Where This Career Is Most Concentrated

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