Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2018
25-1123 English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary
Teach courses in English language and literature, including linguistics and comparative literature. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
Geographic profile for this occupation
National estimates for this occupation: Top
Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:
| Employment (1) |
Employment
RSE (3) |
Mean hourly
wage |
Mean annual
wage (2) |
Mean wage
RSE (3) |
| 68,360 |
1.5 % |
(4) |
$78,150 |
1.0 % |
Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$37,180 |
$48,860 |
$66,590 |
$94,790 |
$135,020 |
(4)
Industry profile for this occupation: Top
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided.
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Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:
Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:
Top paying industries for this occupation:
Geographic profile for this occupation: Top
States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for this occupation are provided.
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States with the highest employment level in this occupation:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New York |
7,700 |
0.82 |
1.74 |
(4) |
$92,170 |
| California |
6,470 |
0.38 |
0.81 |
(4) |
$114,110 |
| Texas |
5,380 |
0.44 |
0.94 |
(4) |
$75,720 |
| Pennsylvania |
3,860 |
0.66 |
1.40 |
(4) |
$75,970 |
| Illinois |
3,120 |
0.52 |
1.10 |
(4) |
$65,860 |
States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:
Top paying States for this occupation:
Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in this occupation:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
6,910 |
0.73 |
1.54 |
(4) |
$95,550 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
2,200 |
0.47 |
1.00 |
(4) |
$65,110 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
2,070 |
0.34 |
0.71 |
(8) |
(8) |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
1,840 |
0.64 |
1.36 |
(4) |
$87,140 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
1,780 |
0.64 |
1.36 |
(4) |
$81,890 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
1,510 |
0.48 |
1.02 |
(4) |
$77,710 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
1,310 |
0.37 |
0.78 |
(4) |
$79,450 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
1,290 |
0.43 |
0.92 |
(4) |
$84,640 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
1,080 |
0.45 |
0.95 |
(4) |
$100,200 |
| Pittsburgh, PA |
770 |
0.67 |
1.42 |
(4) |
$65,720 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Valdosta, GA |
130 |
2.49 |
5.28 |
(4) |
$82,930 |
| Ann Arbor, MI |
510 |
2.33 |
4.94 |
(4) |
$75,740 |
| Tuscaloosa, AL |
200 |
1.91 |
4.05 |
(4) |
$59,030 |
| Springfield, MA-CT |
500 |
1.51 |
3.20 |
(4) |
$81,880 |
| Syracuse, NY |
450 |
1.49 |
3.15 |
(4) |
$78,480 |
| Savannah, GA |
260 |
1.47 |
3.10 |
(4) |
$65,260 |
| Boulder, CO |
270 |
1.46 |
3.09 |
(4) |
$68,780 |
| Fort Collins, CO |
220 |
1.37 |
2.89 |
(4) |
$60,620 |
| Bangor, ME |
80 |
1.30 |
2.76 |
(4) |
$56,990 |
| Terre Haute, IN |
80 |
1.26 |
2.66 |
(8) |
(8) |
United States Department of Labor
