Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary
Education, Training, and Library · SOC 25-1124
AI exposure from the Anthropic Economic Index (2025); salary from BLS; skills from O*NET. See /sources.
Decision card
Career Evidence Passport
SOC 25-1124 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.
- SOC exposure
- 24.0%
- High · Anthropic AEI
- Automation friction
- 60/100
- High friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
- Wages
- $79,350
- H-1B offered wage $68,000; LCAs are filings.
- Projected openings
- 3,000
- BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change -0.2%.
- Observed/proxy demand
- 488
- FY2025 certified LCAs; 5,185 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 ~53.3% of this role but only ~24% 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 languages and literature courses in languages other than English. Includes teachers of American Sign Language (ASL). Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
Common titles: Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Foreign Languages Professor, French Professor, German Professor, Instructor
Representative Tasks
- •Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
- •Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
- •Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
- •Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
- •Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as how to speak and write a foreign language and the cultural aspects of areas where a particular language is used.
Detailed Work Activities
- •Develop instructional materials.
- •Evaluate student work.
- •Maintain student records.
- •Guide class discussions.
- •Teach humanities courses at the college level.
Tools & Technologies
Related Occupations
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 | 24.0% | 17.9% |
| Outlook | Bright ↗ | 47% Bright |
| Median Salary | $79,350 | N/A |
| AI Resiliency | 76/100 | N/A |