Career
Career/technical education teachers, postsecondary
Teach trades and technical skills to adult students.
$63,820
Median pay
-0.3%
Job growth, 2025–35
8,000
Openings a year
Bachelor's degree
Typical education
4 years
Typical time after high school
Here's what you actually need to know.
The work
What people in this job do
- Observe and evaluate students' work to determine progress, provide feedback, and make suggestions for improvement.
- Present lectures and conduct discussions to increase students' knowledge and competence using visual aids, such as graphs, charts, videotapes, and slides.
- Supervise and monitor students' use of tools and equipment.
- Administer oral, written, or performance tests to measure progress and to evaluate training effectiveness.
- Provide individualized instruction and tutorial or remedial instruction.
The outlook
How the forecast changed this year
The deeper question
What kind of person does this path ask you to become?
What this work centers on
O*NET interest profile, scored 1–7.
The work
Do you want most of your days spent on people & care, then ideas & analysis?
Responsibility
Are you willing to be the one responsible for this?
“Observe and evaluate students' work to determine progress, provide feedback, and make suggestions for improvement.”
Development
What would you need to build over the next 5–10 years?
Active Listening, Instructing, Learning Strategies, Active Learning.
Trade-offs
What does it ask of you in exchange?
4 years of education after high school (bachelor's degree), for a median of $63,820 a year and 8,000 openings nationally each year.
Paths in
Degrees that lead here
- Teaching (by Subject)See the degree →
- Irrigation Management Technology/TechnicianCIP 01.0207
- Dog/Pet/Animal GroomingCIP 01.0504
- Farrier ScienceCIP 01.0509
- Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources DesignCIP 11.0801
- Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database AdministrationCIP 11.0802
Paths across
Careers that use similar skills
- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School$66,270 · -0.4%
- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School$65,030 · -0.5%
- Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary$109,270 · +7.8%
- Instructional Coordinators$77,440 · +1.6%
- Training and Development Specialists$69,280 · +10.8%
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Sources
- BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34 (archived), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- O*NET 31.0 Database (August 2026), National Center for O*NET Development / U.S. Department of Labor. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 Crosswalk, NCES and BLS. Retrieved 2026-10-01.