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Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary — Career Decision Dashboard

United States

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Median annual wage

$96,870

United States, 2025

Employment

7,700

United States, 2025

Typical education

Doctoral Degree

Job Zone 5

Skills identified

35

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Career overview

Teach courses in architecture and architectural design, such as architectural environmental design, interior architecture/design, and landscape architecture. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

O*NET code
25-1031.00
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.
  • Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, and course materials and methods of instruction.
  • Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
  • Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as architectural design methods, aesthetics and design, and structures and materials.
  • Evaluate and grade students' work, including work performed in design studios.
  • Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
  • Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.

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Salary analysis — United States

$58,430
10th
$74,970
25th
$96,870
Median
$128,510
75th
$159,030
90th

10th percentile

$58,430

25th percentile

$74,970

75th percentile

$128,510

90th percentile

$159,030

Most important skills

  • Instructing4.1
  • Learning Strategies4.1
  • Reading Comprehension4.1
  • Speaking4.1
  • Active Listening4.0
  • Writing4.0
  • Active Learning3.9
  • Judgment and Decision Making3.9
  • Critical Thinking3.9
  • Monitoring3.8
  • Complex Problem Solving3.6
  • Social Perceptiveness3.6

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Select the skills you already have

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 20 identified skills

Matched

0

Missing

20

Your selected skills cover approximately 0% of the skills identified for this occupation in O*NET. This is a coverage measure of listed skills only — it is not a qualification, hiring or interview outcome.

Skills to develop

SkillImportanceRequired levelYour levelGap
Reading Comprehension4.15.0Not selected5.0
Instructing4.14.9Not selected4.9
Speaking4.14.9Not selected4.9
Writing4.05.0Not selected5.0
Learning Strategies4.14.4Not selected4.4
Active Listening4.04.4Not selected4.4
Active Learning3.94.5Not selected4.5
Critical Thinking3.94.4Not selected4.4
Judgment and Decision Making3.94.1Not selected4.1
Monitoring3.84.1Not selected4.1
Complex Problem Solving3.64.3Not selected4.3
Social Perceptiveness3.63.6Not selected3.6
Time Management3.33.5Not selected3.5
Systems Evaluation3.33.5Not selected3.5
Systems Analysis3.33.3Not selected3.3
Coordination3.33.1Not selected3.1
Service Orientation3.13.3Not selected3.3
Operations Analysis3.13.1Not selected3.1
Negotiation3.03.0Not selected3.0
Persuasion3.03.0Not selected3.0

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
College Station, TX$128,6701602025
San Juan, PR$126,7002025
PR$126,7002025
NY$126,4301,4602025
New York, NY$123,7601,4602025
CT$122,8802025
Boston, MA$121,6603202025
Sacramento, CA$107,450502025
VA$105,9402302025
Philadelphia, PA$105,7702502025
IL$104,5802302025
Chicago, IL$104,4201302025
Seattle, WA$103,830702025
CA$103,5205302025
Houston, TX$103,4201102025
Atlanta, GA$103,2101102025
MA$102,9204302025
MD$102,240502025
Salt Lake City, UT$102,180302025
UT$102,180502025
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.