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Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary — Career Decision Dashboard

United States

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Median annual wage

$107,310

United States, 2025

Employment

221,270

United States, 2025

Typical education

Master's Degree

Job Zone 5

Skills identified

35

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Career overview

Teach courses in health specialties, in fields such as dentistry, laboratory technology, medicine, pharmacy, public health, therapy, and veterinary medicine.

O*NET code
25-1071.00
Job zone
5
Experience required
Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years

Typical tasks

  • 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 conferences.
  • Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
  • Supervise laboratory sessions.
  • Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
  • Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
  • Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
  • Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.

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Salary analysis — United States

$59,270
10th
$75,690
25th
$107,310
Median
$210,370
75th
$322,020
90th

10th percentile

$59,270

25th percentile

$75,690

75th percentile

$210,370

90th percentile

$322,020

Most important skills

  • Reading Comprehension4.1
  • Speaking4.1
  • Instructing4.1
  • Critical Thinking4.0
  • Active Learning4.0
  • Learning Strategies4.0
  • Active Listening4.0
  • Writing4.0
  • Judgment and Decision Making3.9
  • Time Management3.8
  • Complex Problem Solving3.8
  • Monitoring3.6

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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 19 identified skills

Matched

0

Missing

19

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
Speaking4.14.9Not selected4.9
Writing4.05.0Not selected5.0
Active Listening4.04.6Not selected4.6
Instructing4.14.4Not selected4.4
Critical Thinking4.04.1Not selected4.1
Learning Strategies4.04.1Not selected4.1
Active Learning4.04.0Not selected4.0
Judgment and Decision Making3.93.9Not selected3.9
Complex Problem Solving3.84.0Not selected4.0
Time Management3.83.9Not selected3.9
Monitoring3.63.9Not selected3.9
Social Perceptiveness3.33.6Not selected3.6
Science3.33.5Not selected3.5
Coordination3.13.5Not selected3.5
Persuasion3.03.1Not selected3.1
Service Orientation3.03.0Not selected3.0
Mathematics3.03.0Not selected3.0
Negotiation3.03.0Not 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
San Francisco, CA$357,2204,3402025
Little Rock, AR$214,7901,5602025
Greenville, NC$181,2907002025
Albuquerque, NM$178,2901,2702025
Jackson, MS$175,0901,3302025
Denver, CO$168,7206,7102025
UT$168,0603,5202025
Salt Lake City, UT$168,0602,7902025
DC$167,5201,4602025
CA$165,11017,3502025
Seattle, WA$164,8603,8702025
College Station, TX$164,6607502025
Boston, MA$164,4507,8302025
Wichita, KS$163,2302602025
Ithaca, NY$159,7201,1402025
Champaign, IL$139,8102102025
Lansing, MI$139,4707002025
Fresno, CA$138,4001402025
WA$137,5204,5102025
MS$137,2201,8902025
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.