SOC 25-1072BLS OEWS May 2025H-1B LCAs, last 12 months
Demonstrate and teach patient care in classroom and clinical units to nursing students. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
National median · BLS
$80,250
▲ +0.39%YoY
H-1B sponsor median
$96,352
▲ +3.6%YoY · 50 LCAs
Average salary · BLS
$86,410
Mean annual wage
U.S. employment
77,960
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Pay range for Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary
Annual base pay at each percentile. BLS covers all U.S. workers in this occupation; H-1B covers 50 certified Labor Condition Applications filed by sponsoring employers in the last 12 months.
Percentile
All U.S. workers (BLS)
H-1B sponsored
10th — entry pay
$48,800
$64,680
25th
$63,510
$89,250
Median (50th)
$80,250
$96,352
75th
$101,090
$104,091
90th — top pay
$129,500
$126,936
H-1B sponsors pay a median of $96,352 for Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary —
20.1% above
the BLS national median of $80,250.
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Projections 2025–2035
Job outlook for Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary
BLS projects employment of nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary to grow 17.1% from 2025 to 2035, faster than the 3.5% average for all occupations.
About 8,500 openings are projected each year, on average, from new jobs and from replacing workers who retire or move to other occupations.
Jobs 2025 → 2035
96,100 → 112,600
+16,500 jobs
Projected change
+17.1%
All occupations: +3.5%
Openings per year
8,500
Average, 2025–2035
Typical entry education
Doctoral or professional degree
Plus less than 5 years experience
Self-employed
0.3% of workers (2025)
Preparation needed (O*NET Job Zone 5)
Extensive Preparation Needed. 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).
Employers assign every H-1B filing a Department of Labor prevailing-wage level, from Level I (entry) to Level IV (fully competent). Pay rises steeply with level.
H-1B median$96,352
Change vs prior year+3.6%
After inflation (CPI-U)+0.46%
Wage level
LCAs
Share
P25
Median
P75
Level I
30
60%
$82,696
$93,000
$100,944
H-1B job titles
Salaries by job title in Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary
The 1 most-filed job titles inside SOC 25-1072, from 50 H-1B filings. Seniority words and level numbers are grouped (“Senior Data Engineer II” counts as Data Engineer). Tap a title for its full range, wage levels and the exact titles employers used.
Titles are cleaned from the employer's own LCA text (codes and typos removed, nothing invented). Rows need 10+ filings in this SOC.
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Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary salaries by state
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Skills & tools
Skills needed for Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary
How important each skill and knowledge area is for this job, rated by O*NET on a 1–5 scale from surveys of workers and occupational analysts.
Top skills
Instructing4.3
Learning Strategies4.1
Speaking4.1
Active Listening4.0
Reading Comprehension4.0
Writing4.0
Active Learning3.9
Critical Thinking3.9
Judgment and Decision Making3.9
Monitoring3.9
Top knowledge areas
Medicine and Dentistry4.6
Education and Training4.5
Psychology4.5
English Language4.4
Biology4.1
Customer and Personal Service3.9
Mathematics3.9
Therapy and Counseling3.8
Software and technology used
Microsoft Office softwareLearning management system LMSGoogle DocsMEDITECH softwareMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft OutlookMicrosoft PowerPointMicrosoft WordBlackboard LearnBlackboard softwareCollaborative editing softwareCommon CurriculumCourse management system softwareDesire2Learn LMS softwareDOC CopEmail softwareImage scanning softwareInteractive learning software
Highlighted = in demand: frequently listed in employer job postings for this occupation (O*NET).
Source: O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.
About the job
What nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary do
Evaluate and grade students' class work, laboratory and clinic work, assignments, and papers.
Supervise students' laboratory and clinical work.
Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
Assess clinical education needs and patient and client teaching needs using a variety of methods.
Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as pharmacology, mental health nursing, and community health care practices.
Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
Demonstrate patient care in clinical units of hospitals.
Source: O*NET 31.0 (USDOL/ETA, CC BY 4.0). These are general job titles, not H-1B filings; for titles employers actually filed, see “Job titles” above.
Similar jobs and how they pay
Occupations O*NET lists as closely related to Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary, with BLS national medians compared with this occupation's $80,250.
