Education, Training, and Library · Holland code SIA
Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
Teach courses in childcare, family relations, finance, nutrition, and related subjects pertaining to home management. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
Also called: Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Instructor, Professor, Child Development Instructor, Dietetics Professor, Family and Consumer Sciences Professor (FCS Professor), Food and Nutrition Professor.
O*NET 25-1192.00
At a glance
- US median annual pay
- $75,870
- Middle half earn $57,410 to $99,320. BLS OEWS, May 2025.
- Most common education
- Doctoral Degree
- 48% of workers surveyed by O*NET report this level.
- Preparation needed
- Job Zone 5 of 5
- Extensive preparation. Zone 1 is little or none; zone 5 is graduate-level.
What the work involves
The tasks workers in this occupation rate as most important, from the O*NET survey.
- Evaluate and grade students' class work, laboratory work, projects, assignments, and papers.
- Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
- Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as food science, nutrition, and child care.
- Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
- Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
- Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.
- Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
- Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
Skills and knowledge it leans on
Skills
- Speaking4.1 / 5
- Reading Comprehension4.0 / 5
- Active Listening4.0 / 5
- Learning Strategies4.0 / 5
- Critical Thinking3.8 / 5
- Writing3.6 / 5
Knowledge areas
- English Language4.6 / 5
- Education and Training4.3 / 5
- Customer and Personal Service3.7 / 5
- Psychology3.6 / 5
- Administration and Management3.6 / 5
- Mathematics3.5 / 5
Importance ratings on O*NET’s 1 to 5 scale. Higher means the occupation depends on it more.
Who tends to enjoy it
How strongly this occupation draws on each of the six Holland interest types, which is the same profile the career interests test compares you against.
- Realistic32
- Investigative64
- Artistic41
- Social100
- Enterprising30
- Conventional40
The same work abroad
Other countries classify jobs differently, so these are the closest matches through the international ISCO-08 standard, not exact equivalents.
European occupation titles (ESCO)
- higher education lecturer · DE Hochschullehrkraft · FR enseignant-chercheur/enseignante-chercheuse
- economics lecturer · DE Hochschullehrkraft für Wirtschaftswissenschaften · FR enseignant-chercheur en économie/enseignante-chercheuse en économie
- education studies lecturer · DE Hochschullehrkraft für Erziehungswissenschaften · FR enseignant-chercheur en sciences de l’éducation/enseignante-chercheuse en sciences de l’éducation
- law lecturer · DE Hochschullehrkraft für Rechtswissenschaften · FR enseignant-chercheur en droit/enseignante-chercheuse en droit
- sociology lecturer · DE Hochschullehrkraft für Soziologie · FR enseignant-chercheur en sociologie/enseignante-chercheuse en sociologie
- assistant lecturer · DE Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter/Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin · FR assistant enseignant-chercheur/assistante enseignante-chercheuse
Closest UK occupation groups (SOC 2020)
- Higher education teaching professionals (2311)258,500 employed
Employment is the UK Annual Population Survey for April 2025 to March 2026, all workers in the group, which can be broader than this one occupation.
Pay across Europe, for the whole group
Median annual earnings of all employees in “Professionals”. This is the broad ISCO group this occupation falls in, not the occupation itself, so treat it as context for the wage level, not as a salary for this job.
| Country | Median pay |
|---|---|
| Belgium | €61,714 |
| Germany | €59,529 |
| Ireland | €56,877 |
| Austria | €55,374 |
| Netherlands | €53,595 |
| Sweden | €43,567 |
| France | €41,515 |
| Spain | €35,735 |
| Italy | €33,649 |
| Portugal | €26,072 |
| Poland | €14,380 |
Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey, businesses with ten or more employees outside public administration, in euro and not adjusted for the cost of living. Reference years differ between sources: the US, Japan and Europe figures on this page come from different survey years, so compare them as rough levels, not to the euro or yen.
Exposure to AI
This occupation sits in the higher third of the 774 occupations scored, with an exposure score of +1.21. The scores are standardized across those occupations, so 0 is the average and a score of 1 is about one standard deviation above it.
Our note on reading it: the dataset links AI applications to the abilities that occupations require, so the score reflects overlap between the two. It is a comparison between occupations, not a forecast about jobs. It does not say whether exposure means tasks are replaced or workers get more done with the tools, and it says little about one employer or one role.
Source: Felten, E., Raj, M., & Seamans, R. (2021). Occupational, industry, and geographic exposure to artificial intelligence: A novel dataset and its potential uses. Strategic Management Journal, 42(12), 2195-2217. Matched to this page by 6-digit SOC code (25-1192).
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