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Education Teachers, Postsecondary

Teach courses pertaining to education, such as counseling, curriculum, guidance, instruction, teacher education, and teaching English as a second language. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Also called: Adjunct Instructor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Education Instructor, Education Professor, Faculty Member

Median pay in Greater Boston
$79,980
Jobs in Greater Boston
1,680
Massachusetts 2024–2034
+5.9%
170 openings a year
Typical U.S. entry requirement
Doctoral or professional degree
Less than 5 years of related work experience

Greater Boston: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area, May 2025. Growth and openings: Massachusetts statewide projection.

Pay range in Greater Boston

Yearly pay in Greater Boston by percentile
10th25thMedian75th90th
$50,420$63,260$79,980$104,000$137,750

10% of workers earn less than the first figure and 10% earn more than the last.

What you’d do

  • Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
  • Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media.
  • Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
  • Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
  • Supervise students' fieldwork, internship, and research work.
  • Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.

AI and this job

AI exposure: how much of this job’s work AI tools can do or help with, based on national research. It is not a forecast of job loss.

Higher exposure82 of 100

The index averages three national research measures, each shown as a percentile of all jobs:

  • AIOE 80
  • Language-model AIOE 97
  • GPTs-are-GPTs 70

Observed AI use today: Substantial (Anthropic Economic Index)

AI exposure is higher, and observed AI use in this job is already substantial. Tools can help with course materials, exams, literature review, and writing up research. Supervising fieldwork and internships, and mentoring future teachers and counselors, rely on people.

Likely to change

  • Preparing course materials and exams
  • Reviewing literature and drafting research

Still relies on people

  • Supervising student fieldwork and internships
  • Mentoring future teachers and counselors

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114 programs near Boston (plus 159 graduate)

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