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Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary
Teach courses in psychology, such as child, clinical, and developmental psychology, and psychological counseling. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
What a psychology teacher, postsecondary does
Become a psychology teacher, postsecondary
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good psychology teacher, postsecondary
- Using the best training or teaching strategies for learning new things.
- Reading work related information.
- 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.
- Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Typical hourly rate is $49 per hour with a typical salary of $83,400 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $36 and $58 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $10,100 and $89,200 per year.
- 53% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.
Part-time
- The typical hourly rate for part-time workers is $39 per hour with a typical salary of $27,500 per year.
- 64.8% of individuals in this occupation worked part-time during the past year.
Psychology Teacher, Postsecondary job outlook
- There are 1,062 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 124 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.
Multiple Jobs
- 1% of individuals in this occupation worked for more than one employer.
- 24% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.