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Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary
Teach courses in drama, music, and the arts including fine and applied art, such as painting and sculpture, or design and crafts. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
What an art, drama, and music teacher, postsecondary does
Become an art, drama, and music teacher, postsecondary
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good art, drama, and music teacher, postsecondary
- Talking to others.
- Using the best training or teaching strategies for learning new things.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
- Teaching people how to do something.
- Understanding people's reactions.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Average hourly rate is $44 per hour with an average salary of $70,200 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $26 and $51 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $3,100 and $34,400 per year.
- 42% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.
Part-time
- The average hourly rate for part-time workers is $42 per hour with an average salary of $25,200 per year.
Art, Drama, And Music Teacher, Postsecondary job outlook
- There are 1,377 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 224 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.
Multiple Jobs
- 2% of individuals in this occupation worked for more than one employer.
- 37% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.