Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary
Also known as: Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Foreign Languages Professor, French Professor, German Professor
median $79,35010-yr demand -0.2%AI exposure 24/100typical entry Doctoral or professional degree
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary is mid-paying, AI barely touches it so far, and demand is steady.
The full pay distribution
Not one number — the spread from the bottom 10% to the top 10% of filed salaries.
Where it pays the most
Median salary by metro — the bar in amber is the U.S. median for comparison.
How pay grows with experience
From entry to expert, by reported wage level.
How exposed is it to AI?
Two things matter: how much AI is actually used in the role today (right),
and how much it could automate in theory (up). AI is already widely used here.
Each faint dot is another occupation. The amber dot is
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary — its position tells you whether the disruption is here yet or still over the horizon.
used today 24/100
automatable in theory 53/100
archetype The Epicenter
If AI does come for this job — where could you go?
Adjacent careers ranked by how much safer + how much more they pay, and the skill gap to get there. Click any to see its full breakdown.
Which majors lead here
College paths that commonly feed this career — see each one's full outcomes.
Teacher Education And Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
CIP 13.13
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Linguistic, Comparative, And Related Language Studies And Services
CIP 16.01
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African Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics
CIP 16.02
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East Asian Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics
CIP 16.03
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Slavic, Baltic And Albanian Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics
CIP 16.04
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Germanic Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics
CIP 16.05
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Modern Greek Language And Literature
CIP 16.06
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South Asian Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics
CIP 16.07
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Iranian/Persian Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics
CIP 16.08
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Romance Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics
CIP 16.09
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American Indian/Native American Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics
CIP 16.10
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Middle/Near Eastern And Semitic Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics
CIP 16.11
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How this is built. Median pay and the full distribution come from filed U.S. wage data
(BLS OEWS + DOL/LCA filings); AI exposure blends O*NET task content with model-based automation potential;
escape routes are computed from skill overlap between occupations, then ranked by how much safer + better-paid the
move is. This joins real distributions and projects them forward — it needs the real distributions
and the skill graph, not a guess. Figures describe group medians and trends, not any one person's outcome.
