Occupational Employment Statistics

DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

25-1021 Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary

Occupational Description:
Teach courses in computer science. May specialize in a field of computer science, such as the design and function of computers or operations and research analysis. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
First Quarter 2026

Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
Northwest Minnesota	40	9	$90,226.93/yr	$58,879.32/yr	$74,956.10/yr	$90,434.59/yr	$114,933.71/yr	$118,790.74/yr

Leading Industries for Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary

Industry	OES Employment (Statewide)	OES Median Wage (Statewide)
Education and Health Services	480	N/A

Other Regional Data for Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary

Geography	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2022-2032
Southwest Minnesota	N/A	$86,601.20/yr	6.1%
Northeast Balance of State	N/A	N/A	N/A
Southwest Balance of State	N/A	N/A	N/A
Grand Forks ND-MN MSA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mankato-North Mankato MN MSA	N/A	$86,598.12/yr	N/A
Rochester MN MSA	N/A	N/A	N/A
La Crosse WI-MN MSA	30	$84,727.17/yr	N/A
Northwest Balance of State	30	$84,943.05/yr	N/A
Northwest Minnesota	40	$90,434.59/yr	0.0%
Duluth MN-WI MSA	40	$94,513.66/yr	N/A
Fargo ND-MN MSA	40	$137,781.88/yr	N/A
Northeast Minnesota	40	$93,701.55/yr	0.0%
Southeast Minnesota	50	$90,298.89/yr	2.1%
Southeast Balance of State	50	$86,114.96/yr	N/A
St Cloud MN MSA	50	$88,109.27/yr	N/A
Central Minnesota	60	$88,109.27/yr	2.2%
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN	230	$86,393.55/yr	4.9%
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA	240	$88,222.35/yr	N/A
Minnesota	480	$88,109.27/yr	4.3%

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Business Teachers, Postsecondary	980	$98,502.28/yr	5.5%
Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary	20	$85,138.37/yr	N/A
Management Analysts	20,700	$49.27/hr	9.2%
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary	100	$85,385.09/yr	1.5%
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Marketing Managers	8,500	$84.72/hr	6.8%
Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary	110	$86,053.28/yr	3.8%
Training and Development Managers	760	$64.37/hr	7.8%
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	2,110	$51.20/hr	3.1%
Information Security Analysts	2,680	$64.60/hr	28.0%

Task for Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary

Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.
Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as programming, data structures, and software design.
Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
Supervise students' laboratory work.
Develop and maintain Web sites for online courses.
Evaluate and grade students' class work, laboratory work, assignments, and papers.
Direct research of other teachers or of graduate students working for advanced academic degrees.
Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.