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High school teacher: the path

Teach one or more subjects to students at the secondary school level. Description from O*NET

Also called: Art Teacher, English Teacher, Math Teacher (Mathematics Teacher), Music Teacher, PE Teacher (Physical Education Teacher)

Typical pay$72,040Median yearly pay, BLS 2025
Job outlook-0.2% jobsProjected change, 2025–35. All jobs: +3.5%.
Time after high schoolAbout 4 to 5 yearsTypical full-time study and training
  1. Step 1Bachelor’s degreeIn education or in the subject to teach
  2. Step 2Student teachingSupervised classroom practice
  3. Step 3State teaching licenseUsually includes exams

Typical education to start: Bachelor's degree · More on the BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook

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Related majors: Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education · Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods · Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas · Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language · Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services · East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics · Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics · Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics · Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics · American Indian/Native American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics · Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics · Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics · Southeast Asian and Australasian/Pacific Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics · American Sign Language · Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other · Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General · English Language and Literature, General · Biology, General · Mathematics · Biological and Physical Sciences · Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature · Earth Systems Science · Environmental Geosciences · History and Language/Literature · Physical Sciences, General · Chemistry · Physics · Social Sciences, General · Economics · Political Science and Government · Fine and Studio Arts · Music · History

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College Scorecard, 2024 data. Earnings are the median for graduates of the related majors, 4 years after graduating. All figures are estimates.

Best value = earnings ÷ (net price × years of study). Net prices under $1,000 count as $1,000.

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