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Career Finder
Economics Teachers, Postsecondary
What do they do?
Teach courses in economics. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
Education Required
Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).
What Does This Job Pay?
Median Annual Salary: $115,300
$58,060
$115,300
$221,170
One out of ten earn less than $58,060
The median salary is $115,300
One out of ten earn more than $221,170
Top Skills For This Job
- Basic Skills
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- Talking to others
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
- Changing what is done based on other people's actions
- Looking for ways to help people
- Reading work related information
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
- Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
- Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it
- Talking to others
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- Talking people into changing their minds or their behavior
- Understanding people's reactions
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
- Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
- Reading work related information
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- Talking to others
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
- Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
- Talking to others
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- Problem Solving
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- Talking to others
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
- Changing what is done based on other people's actions
- Looking for ways to help people
- Reading work related information
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
- Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
- Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it
- Talking to others
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- Talking people into changing their minds or their behavior
- Understanding people's reactions
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
- Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
- Reading work related information
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- Talking to others
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
- Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
- Talking to others
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
- People and Technology Systems
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- Talking to others
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
- Changing what is done based on other people's actions
- Looking for ways to help people
- Reading work related information
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
- Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
- Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it
- Talking to others
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- Talking people into changing their minds or their behavior
- Understanding people's reactions
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
- Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
- Reading work related information
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- Talking to others
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
- Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
- Talking to others
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
- Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it
Will There Be Jobs?
New job opportunities are very likely in the future.
Typical Daily Tasks
- Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as econometrics, price theory, and macroeconomics.
- Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
- Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media.