Business Teachers, Postsecondary

Education and Training
Teach courses in business administration and management, such as accounting, finance, human resources, labor and industrial relations, marketing, and operations research. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

What a business teacher, postsecondary does

Become a business teacher, postsecondary

If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good business teacher, postsecondary

  • Talking to others.
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.
  • Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.

Discover what you could earn in Washington

  • Average hourly rate is $68 per hour with an average salary of $99,800 per year.
  • Half of workers earn between $32 and $77 per hour.
  • Half of workers earn an annual salary between $8,000 and $119,500 per year.
  • 52% 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 $41 per hour with an average salary of $26,400 per year.

Business Teacher, Postsecondary job outlook

  • There are 1,332 workers in this occupation in Washington.
  • There are 170 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.

Multiple Jobs

  • 1% of individuals in this occupation worked for more than one employer.
  • 23% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.

Growth rate by year

Education needed

Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).

Programs to get you there

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