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Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in IN

In the 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS dataset, Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary in IN have a median annual salary of $74,240, with 440 recorded jobs in this area. Recorded earnings range from $50,430 at the 10th percentile to $128,780 at the 90th percentile.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · Data year: 2025 · Last updated: 2026-09-22

Salary overview

Median annual salary

$74,240

Data year: 2025

Hourly median

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Employment

440

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS

Salary distribution

$50,430
10th
$60,710
25th
$74,240
Median
$98,640
75th
$128,780
90th

Local compared with national

IN

$74,240

Median annual · 2025

United States

$77,570

Median annual · 2025

The IN median is 4.3% below the national median in the available dataset (a difference of $3,330).

Top skills

  1. 1.InstructingImportance 4.8
  2. 2.SpeakingImportance 4.6
  3. 3.Learning StrategiesImportance 4.3
  4. 4.Reading ComprehensionImportance 4.0
  5. 5.Active ListeningImportance 4.0
  6. 6.WritingImportance 4.0
  7. 7.Critical ThinkingImportance 4.0
  8. 8.Active LearningImportance 4.0
  9. 9.MonitoringImportance 3.8
  10. 10.Social PerceptivenessImportance 3.8
  11. 11.Complex Problem SolvingImportance 3.8
  12. 12.Judgment and Decision MakingImportance 3.6

Career information

Education and experience

Typical education
Doctoral Degree
Experience
Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years
Job zone
5

Technology used

  • Adobe Acrobat
  • Blackboard Learn
  • Collaborative editing software
  • Course management system software
  • Desire2Learn LMS software
  • DOC Cop
  • Email software
  • Google Docs
  • Image scanning software
  • iParadigms Turnitin
  • Learning management system LMS
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft PowerPoint

Common 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.
  • Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
  • Collaborate with colleagues and community agencies to address teaching and research issues.

Related careers

Occupations recorded as related in the dataset. A relationship does not imply a guaranteed transition.

Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary salary in other locations

Other occupations in IN