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Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary Career, Salary and Skills

Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $84,290 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 11,850. Wage data is published for 113 locations.

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Occupation description

Teach courses in sociology. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

O*NET code

25-1067.00

Job zone

5

Typical education

Doctoral Degree

Experience

Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years

National salary and employment

Median annual

$84,290

Hourly median

Not published

Employment

11,850

Data year

2025

National salary distribution

$49,930
10th
$64,990
25th
$84,290
Median
$110,650
75th
$160,140
90th

Top skills

SkillImportanceLevel
Speaking4.624.75
Writing4.004.75
Reading Comprehension4.004.88
Instructing4.004.62
Learning Strategies4.004.88
Active Listening4.004.12
Critical Thinking3.754.12
Monitoring3.753.88
Social Perceptiveness3.623.88
Active Learning3.624.38
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Typical tasks

  • Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
  • Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
  • Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as race and ethnic relations, measurement and data collection, and workplace social relations.
  • 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.
  • Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media.
  • Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.
  • Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
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Technology

  • Blackboard Learn
  • Blackboard software
  • Centre for Multilevel Modeling MLwiN
  • Collaborative editing software
  • Course management system software
  • Desire2Learn LMS software
  • DOC Cop
  • Econometric Software LIMDEP
  • Email software
  • Google Docs
  • IBM SPSS Statistics
  • Image scanning software
  • iParadigms Turnitin
  • Learning management system LMS
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Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary salary by location

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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.