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Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary — Career Decision Dashboard

United States

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Median annual wage

$98,700

United States, 2025

Employment

8,920

United States, 2025

Typical education

Doctoral Degree

Job Zone 5

Skills identified

35

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Career overview

Teach courses in the agricultural sciences. Includes teachers of agronomy, dairy sciences, fisheries management, horticultural sciences, poultry sciences, range management, and agricultural soil conservation. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

O*NET code
25-1041.00
Job zone
5
Experience required
Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years

Typical tasks

  • Act as advisers to student organizations.
  • Write grant proposals to procure external research funding.
  • Serve on academic or administrative committees that deal with institutional policies, departmental matters, and academic issues.
  • Participate in campus and community events.
  • Provide professional consulting services to government or industry.
  • Compile bibliographies of specialized materials for outside reading assignments.
  • Perform administrative duties, such as serving as department head.
  • Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.

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Salary analysis — United States

$50,870
10th
$66,410
25th
$98,700
Median
$126,850
75th
$163,150
90th

10th percentile

$50,870

25th percentile

$66,410

75th percentile

$126,850

90th percentile

$163,150

Most important skills

  • Instructing4.4
  • Reading Comprehension4.1
  • Speaking4.1
  • Learning Strategies4.1
  • Writing4.0
  • Active Listening4.0
  • Critical Thinking4.0
  • Active Learning4.0
  • Monitoring3.9
  • Judgment and Decision Making3.8
  • Complex Problem Solving3.6
  • Coordination3.5

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Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.

Skill coverage

0%

0 of 17 identified skills

Matched

0

Missing

17

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Skills to develop

SkillImportanceRequired levelYour levelGap
Instructing4.44.8Not selected4.8
Reading Comprehension4.15.0Not selected5.0
Speaking4.15.0Not selected5.0
Writing4.05.0Not selected5.0
Learning Strategies4.14.6Not selected4.6
Active Listening4.04.6Not selected4.6
Active Learning4.04.5Not selected4.5
Monitoring3.94.3Not selected4.3
Critical Thinking4.04.1Not selected4.1
Judgment and Decision Making3.84.0Not selected4.0
Complex Problem Solving3.63.9Not selected3.9
Science3.53.6Not selected3.6
Time Management3.43.5Not selected3.5
Coordination3.53.3Not selected3.3
Systems Evaluation3.13.4Not selected3.4
Social Perceptiveness3.13.4Not selected3.4
Mathematics3.03.3Not selected3.3

Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.

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How salary varies by location

LocationMedianEmploymentYear
Fresno, CA$136,710302025
MI$136,1302402025
NJ$131,380502025
New York, NY$131,380402025
MD$129,920902025
Washington, DC$129,9201102025
TN$128,2703502025
DE$126,770702025
College Station, TX$126,0505302025
CT$125,350802025
KS$112,4802002025
CA$109,9304002025
NM$108,290802025
ND$108,130902025
VT$106,680602025
Houston, TX$105,7901302025
ID$105,690802025
Austin, TX$105,660502025
IL$105,4403402025
Chicago, IL$105,440502025
All locations with published data

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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0.

Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, 2025 (May 2025 release).

Figures are periodic published survey snapshots, not real-time market rates.