Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary

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- Chance of being automated
- Job growth
- Wages
- Volume of available positions

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Risk & user votes

Calculated automation risk

10% (Minimal 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

Very important
Why this matters
Coming up with original ideas and designs—creating new concepts, products, systems, or artistic work. This kind of open-ended invention and taste-based judgment is harder to automate end-to-end than routine, rule-based tasks.
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Developing objectives and strategies

Very important
Why this matters
Sets long-term goals and chooses strategies and actions to reach them, weighing tradeoffs and adapting plans as conditions change.
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Active learning

Very important
Why this matters
Keeps learning from new information and applying it to make better decisions now and in the future, especially when situations change.
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Education and training expertise

Very important
Why this matters
Designing and delivering instruction—adapting lessons to different learners and measuring whether training actually works.
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Social perceptiveness

Quite important
Why this matters
Noticing others’ emotions and reactions in the moment and adjusting what you say or do based on why they’re responding that way.
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Persuasion

Quite important
Why this matters
Influencing people to change their minds or behavior through conversation, trust, and negotiation.
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Critical thinking

Quite important
Why this matters
Weigh options using logic and evidence, spot weaknesses in arguments, and choose the best approach when there isn’t a single clear answer.
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Coordinating others’ work

Quite important
Why this matters
Bringing people together, assigning tasks, and keeping a group aligned so work gets done.
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Communicating with people outside the organization

Quite important
Why this matters
Represents the organization to customers, the public, or government—handling questions, concerns, and relationship-building through conversations, writing, calls, or email.
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What users think

Based on 19 votes

38% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted there's a low chance this occupation will be automated. This assessment is further supported by the calculated automation risk level, which estimates 10% chance of automation.

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What is the likelihood that Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?

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Pay & outlook

Wages

High paid relative to other professions

In 2024, the median annual wage for Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary was $84,290 ($41 per hour).

The median annual wage for Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary was 70.3% higher than the national median annual wage, which stood at $49,500.

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Wages over time

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Growth

Moderate growth relative to other professions

The number of 'Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary' job openings is expected to rise 2.4% by 2034

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Total employment, and estimated job openings

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the period between 2023 and 2033
Updated projections are due 09-2025.

Volume

Significantly lower range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2024 there were 11,430 people employed as 'Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary' within the United States.

This represents around < 0.001% of the employed workforce across the country

Put another way, around 1 in 13 thousand people are employed as 'Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary'.

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What people are saying (1)

Victoria (Low)
10 Sep 2021 21:40
As the world of communication technologies expands every day, a well-programmed robot could answer thousands of questions about specific knowledge. However, the formative task of shaping attitudes and values, the play of improvisation and richness of uncertainty to feel challenged, the interpretation of socio-political contexts, is likely to still remain the territory of human teaching professionals.
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Job description

Teach courses pertaining to the culture and development of an area, an ethnic group, or any other group, such as Latin American studies, women's studies, or urban affairs. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

O*NET-SOC code: 25-1062.00