Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary Career, Salary and Skills
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $109,270 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 40,270. Wage data is published for 128 locations.
Occupation description
Teach courses pertaining to the application of physical laws and principles of engineering for the development of machines, materials, instruments, processes, and services. Includes teachers of subjects such as chemical, civil, electrical, industrial, mechanical, mineral, and petroleum engineering. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
O*NET code
25-1032.00
Job zone
5
Typical education
Doctoral Degree
Experience
None
National salary and employment
Median annual
$109,270
Hourly median
Not published
Employment
40,270
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Speaking | 4.12 | 4.88 |
| Learning Strategies | 4.12 | 4.25 |
| Instructing | 4.12 | 4.62 |
| Reading Comprehension | 4.00 | 4.88 |
| Active Listening | 4.00 | 4.12 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.88 | 4.12 |
| Writing | 3.88 | 4.75 |
| Mathematics | 3.88 | 4.50 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.75 | 4.00 |
| Active Learning | 3.62 | 4.12 |
Typical tasks
- Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
- Evaluate and grade students' class work, laboratory work, assignments, and papers.
- Write grant proposals to procure external research funding.
- Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.
- Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
- Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as mechanics, hydraulics, and robotics.
- Initiate, facilitate, and moderate class discussions.
- Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media.
Technology
- Course management system software
- Dassault Systemes CATIA
- Dassault Systemes SolidWorks
- Desire2Learn LMS software
- DOC Cop
- Email software
- Finite element analysis software
- Google Docs
- Image scanning software
- iParadigms Turnitin
- JavaScript
- Learning management system LMS
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office software
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in TXMedian $123,280 · Employment 4,080
- Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in NYMedian $106,240 · Employment 3,240
- Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in PAMedian $82,070 · Employment 2,990
- Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in CAMedian $137,280 · Employment 2,720
- Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in MAMedian $134,850 · Employment 2,610
- Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in New York, NYMedian $123,210 · Employment 2,600
- Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in MIMedian $127,230 · Employment 2,120
- Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in Boston, MAMedian $135,480 · Employment 2,010
- Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in Philadelphia, PAMedian $79,210 · Employment 1,700
- Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in INMedian $106,010 · Employment 1,500
- Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in NJMedian $109,910 · Employment 1,270
- Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in OHMedian $102,410 · Employment 1,260
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- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary SchoolNational median $66,270
- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle SchoolNational median $65,030
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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.