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Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary — Career Decision Dashboard
United States
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Report generated from official BLS OEWS and O*NET data — United States.
Median annual wage
$77,570
United States, 2025
Employment
12,610
United States, 2025
Typical education
Doctoral Degree
Job Zone 5
Skills identified
35
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Career overview
Teach courses in social work. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
- O*NET code
- 25-1113.00
- Job zone
- 5
- Experience required
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years
Typical tasks
- Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
- Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, or handouts.
- Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
- Supervise students' laboratory and field work.
- Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as family behavior, child and adolescent mental health, or social intervention evaluation.
- Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.
- Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
- Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.
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Salary analysis — United States
10th percentile
$48,200
25th percentile
$61,170
75th percentile
$100,400
90th percentile
$126,790
Most important skills
- Instructing4.8
- Speaking4.6
- Learning Strategies4.3
- Active Listening4.0
- Critical Thinking4.0
- Active Learning4.0
- Writing4.0
- Reading Comprehension4.0
- Complex Problem Solving3.8
- Monitoring3.8
- Social Perceptiveness3.8
- Judgment and Decision Making3.6
What skills do you need?
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 17 identified skills
Matched
0
Missing
17
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
| Skill | Importance | Required level | Your level | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Instructing | 4.8 | 4.9 | Not selected | 4.9 |
| Speaking | 4.6 | 4.9 | Not selected | 4.9 |
| Learning Strategies | 4.3 | 4.9 | Not selected | 4.9 |
| Active Learning | 4.0 | 4.9 | Not selected | 4.9 |
| Reading Comprehension | 4.0 | 4.9 | Not selected | 4.9 |
| Writing | 4.0 | 4.8 | Not selected | 4.8 |
| Critical Thinking | 4.0 | 4.3 | Not selected | 4.3 |
| Active Listening | 4.0 | 4.1 | Not selected | 4.1 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.8 | 3.9 | Not selected | 3.9 |
| Monitoring | 3.8 | 3.9 | Not selected | 3.9 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 3.8 | 3.9 | Not selected | 3.9 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.6 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Coordination | 3.5 | 3.8 | Not selected | 3.8 |
| Service Orientation | 3.3 | 3.6 | Not selected | 3.6 |
| Time Management | 3.1 | 3.6 | Not selected | 3.6 |
| Systems Evaluation | 3.1 | 3.4 | Not selected | 3.4 |
| Systems Analysis | 3.1 | 3.1 | Not selected | 3.1 |
Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.
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Compare with Social Work Teachers, PostsecondaryHow salary varies by location
| Location | Median | Employment | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| HI | $133,340 | 50 | 2025 |
| Buffalo, NY | $125,770 | — | 2025 |
| KS | $108,610 | 50 | 2025 |
| DE | $100,550 | 50 | 2025 |
| SC | $100,400 | 80 | 2025 |
| NY | $98,700 | 1,840 | 2025 |
| New York, NY | $98,700 | 1,680 | 2025 |
| Baltimore, MD | $98,590 | 60 | 2025 |
| MD | $97,110 | 230 | 2025 |
| Harrisburg, PA | $94,990 | 30 | 2025 |
| Washington, DC | $91,900 | 220 | 2025 |
| Ann Arbor, MI | $87,920 | 150 | 2025 |
| Detroit, MI | $84,480 | 70 | 2025 |
| TX | $83,440 | 90 | 2025 |
| Bridgeport, CT | $83,300 | — | 2025 |
| Minneapolis, MN | $83,200 | 170 | 2025 |
| Boston, MA | $83,160 | 470 | 2025 |
| Albany, NY | $82,890 | 90 | 2025 |
| Portland, ME | $82,880 | — | 2025 |
| Greensboro, NC | $82,540 | 40 | 2025 |
Career transition paths
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Build a transition comparisonCareer 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.