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Curriculum design, assessment, accreditation, learning technology, and faculty coaching are reusable.
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We rate jobs using four factors. These are:
- Chance of being automated
- Job growth
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- Volume of available positions
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Risk & user votes
Calculated automation risk
Minimal Risk (0-20%): This occupation appears difficult to replace end-to-end with current or near-future automation, including AI software and robotics. Roles in this range usually depend on human judgement, creativity, care, leadership, specialist expertise, or adapting to messy real-world situations. AI and machines may still change parts of the work, but the occupation is likely to remain a distinct human role.
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Human strengths important in this job
These are human abilities and work contexts that are important in this occupation. They may help explain why parts of the role are harder to replace end-to-end, but they are not the only inputs into the automation score.
Thinking creatively
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Decision-making and problem solving
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Communicating with people outside the organization
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Developing objectives and strategies
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Education and training expertise
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Social perceptiveness
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Negotiation
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Coordinating others’ work
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Active learning
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Operations analysis
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What users think
Based on 28 votes
Our visitors have voted they are unsure if this occupation will be automated. However, employees may be able to find reassurance in the automated risk level we have generated, which shows 9% chance of automation.
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What is the likelihood that Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?
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Pay & outlook
Wages
In 2024, the median annual wage for Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary was $101,480 ($49 per hour).
The median annual wage for Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary was 105.0% higher than the national median annual wage, which stood at $49,500.
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Growth
The number of 'Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary' job openings is expected to rise 2.0% by 2034
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Total employment, and estimated job openings
Updated projections are due 09-2025.
Volume
As of 2024 there were 9,120 people employed as 'Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary' within the United States.
This represents around < 0.001% of the employed workforce across the country
Put another way, around 1 in 16 thousand people are employed as 'Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary'.
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Job description
Teach courses in architecture and architectural design, such as architectural environmental design, interior architecture/design, and landscape architecture. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
O*NET-SOC code: 25-1031.00
What people are saying (1)
Consider architecture is an aesthetic skill of which several successful AI programs exist to render any combination of visual styles on demand.
Based on current USA legal building standards most residential units are hopelessly inefficient despite significant research in the area of sustainability. This movement is held back by building standards and bank loans.
In commercial office spaces we can expect to see a surplus for the foreseeable future as remote work is likely to continue which overall reduces a company's expenses (no commercial lease). Based on the massive surplus there is limited work designing new commercial spaces further shrinking the number of Architecture students.
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