Occupational Employment Statistics

DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

25-1072 Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary

Occupational Description:
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.

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	120	26	$83,017.62/yr	$64,088.16/yr	$74,213.89/yr	$81,290.59/yr	$93,757.06/yr	$106,217.36/yr

Leading Industries for Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary

Industry	OES Employment (Statewide)	OES Median Wage (Statewide)
Education and Health Services	1,340	N/A

Other Regional Data for Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary

Geography	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2024-2034
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
Rochester MN MSA	N/A	N/A	N/A
La Crosse WI-MN MSA	30	$84,326.25/yr	N/A
Duluth MN-WI MSA	60	$80,142.32/yr	N/A
Northeast Minnesota	60	$80,144.38/yr	13.4%
Fargo ND-MN MSA	70	$109,357.88/yr	N/A
St Cloud MN MSA	80	$83,915.06/yr	N/A
Northwest Balance of State	80	$81,293.67/yr	N/A
Mankato-North Mankato MN MSA	90	$81,262.84/yr	N/A
Southeast Balance of State	100	$85,662.64/yr	N/A
Central Minnesota	100	$83,635.44/yr	19.8%
Southeast Minnesota	110	$85,665.73/yr	16.0%
Southwest Minnesota	110	$81,262.84/yr	18.5%
Northwest Minnesota	120	$81,290.59/yr	19.6%
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN	760	$85,985.43/yr	17.8%
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA	790	$86,300.00/yr	N/A
Minnesota	1,340	$83,555.26/yr	14.3%

Related Occupations

Occupations	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2024-2034
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	3,050	$106,407.54/yr	14.3%
Nurse Midwives	410	$66.62/hr	13.8%
Health Education Specialists	1,250	$38.75/hr	6.9%
Nurse Practitioners	7,780	$65.86/hr	44.1%
Family Medicine Physicians	1,820	>$100/hr	7.0%
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other	410	$39.54/hr	7.4%
General Internal Medicine Physicians	2,270	>$100/hr	8.4%
Exercise Physiologists	250	$33.22/hr	10.4%
Dermatologists	260	>$100/hr	10.2%
Pediatricians, General	890	>$100/hr	4.7%

Task for Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary

Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
Supervise students' laboratory and clinical work.
Demonstrate patient care in clinical units of hospitals.
Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as pharmacology, mental health nursing, and community health care practices.
Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.
Evaluate and grade students' class work, laboratory and clinic work, assignments, and papers.
Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues.
Assess clinical education needs and patient and client teaching needs using a variety of methods.