Business Teachers, Postsecondary
Education, Training, and Library · SOC 25-1011
AI exposure from the Anthropic Economic Index (2025); salary from BLS; skills from O*NET. See /sources.
Decision card
Career Evidence Passport
SOC 25-1011 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.
- SOC exposure
- 30.7%
- High · Anthropic AEI
- Automation friction
- 60/100
- High friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
- Wages
- $99,080
- H-1B offered wage $138,121; LCAs are filings.
- Projected openings
- 11,200
- BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change +5.7%.
- Observed/proxy demand
- 1,349
- FY2025 certified LCAs; 20,962 postings in 2025.
Skill evidence
- H-1B values are certified Labor Condition Applications, not visa approvals.
- Job postings are seed-static / seed-derived; treat as provider-ready proxy coverage until observed provider data is wired in.
- Transition matches are directional skill-overlap context, not placement guarantees.
- This release is a FutureGrid broad-SOC seed derived from public BLS ORS requirement concepts and categories, not direct occupation-level ORS survey estimates. It describes job requirements, not worker ability, AI capability, or displacement probability. Automation friction is a FutureGrid derived score and should be read alongside exposure, demand, wage, and projection signals.
Best transitions from here
Explore all pathways→Lower AI-exposure roles that reuse your skills, ranked by a transition score (skills that transfer, safety gain, pay and retraining effort).
AI Exposure Analysis
Across AI measures
Multiple exposure lenses for this occupation.
AI could do ~48.9% of this role but only ~30.7% is currently done with AI — a large capability-vs-adoption gap.
Top Skills
H-1B Visa Sponsorship Demand
View full H-1B trends →Certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications naming this occupation, FY2016–FY2025. A descriptive high-skill labor-demand signal — employer filings, not visa approvals or individual outcomes. Note: one LCA can cover multiple worker positions.
O*NET occupation profile
What this work involves
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.
Common titles: Accounting Instructor, Accounting Professor, Associate Professor, Business Administration Professor, Business Instructor, Business Professor
Representative Tasks
- •Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as financial accounting, principles of marketing, and operations management.
- •Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
- •Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
- •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.
Detailed Work Activities
- •Develop instructional materials.
- •Instruct college students in social sciences or humanities disciplines.
- •Teach classes in area of specialization.
- •Evaluate student work.
- •Guide class discussions.
Tools & Technologies
Employment Projections & AI Exposure
Employment & Wage Trend
BLS OEWS, 2019–2025
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). See /sources.
Sector Comparison
| Metric | This Career | Sector Average |
|---|---|---|
| AI Exposure | 30.7% | 17.9% |
| Outlook | Bright ↗ | 47% Bright |
| Median Salary | $99,080 | N/A |
| AI Resiliency | 69/100 | N/A |