Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2019
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:
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) |
| 67,930 |
1.3 % |
(4) |
$80,180 |
1.1 % |
Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$37,960 |
$50,150 |
$68,490 |
$99,180 |
$140,890 |
(4)
Industry profile for this occupation:
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided.
For a list of all industries with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.
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:
States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for this occupation are provided.
For a list of all areas with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.
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 |
8,130 |
0.85 |
1.85 |
(4) |
$102,950 |
| California |
6,820 |
0.39 |
0.85 |
(4) |
$121,450 |
| Texas |
5,250 |
0.42 |
0.91 |
(4) |
$62,860 |
| Pennsylvania |
3,500 |
0.59 |
1.28 |
(4) |
$75,380 |
| Illinois |
3,100 |
0.51 |
1.11 |
(4) |
$66,210 |
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 |
7,470 |
0.77 |
1.67 |
(4) |
$105,500 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
2,850 |
0.46 |
0.99 |
(4) |
$138,190 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
2,120 |
0.45 |
0.98 |
(4) |
$66,400 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
1,660 |
0.58 |
1.25 |
(4) |
$86,140 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
1,560 |
0.49 |
1.06 |
(4) |
$83,060 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
1,540 |
0.55 |
1.19 |
(4) |
$88,460 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
1,260 |
0.41 |
0.90 |
(4) |
$82,010 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
1,050 |
0.29 |
0.62 |
(4) |
$59,100 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
910 |
0.37 |
0.79 |
(4) |
$105,870 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL |
770 |
0.29 |
0.63 |
(4) |
$83,370 |
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) |
| Ann Arbor, MI |
530 |
2.37 |
5.11 |
(4) |
$77,220 |
| Tuscaloosa, AL |
220 |
2.07 |
4.48 |
(4) |
$59,940 |
| Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA |
130 |
1.80 |
3.89 |
(4) |
$67,700 |
| Kingston, NY |
110 |
1.78 |
3.85 |
(4) |
$59,220 |
| College Station-Bryan, TX |
180 |
1.64 |
3.55 |
(4) |
$71,140 |
| Springfield, MA-CT |
500 |
1.49 |
3.23 |
(4) |
$84,310 |
| Syracuse, NY |
450 |
1.46 |
3.15 |
(4) |
$77,780 |
| Terre Haute, IN |
90 |
1.40 |
3.02 |
(8) |
(8) |
| Fort Collins, CO |
220 |
1.35 |
2.93 |
(4) |
$62,080 |
| Binghamton, NY |
140 |
1.35 |
2.92 |
(4) |
$96,720 |
United States Department of Labor
