Jobs / Education and social services / 25-1067.00
Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary
Teach courses in sociology. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
- US jobs
- 11,850
- Median wage
- $84,290 a year
- Job family
- Education and social services
Can agents do the work of sociology teachers, postsecondary?
We read the evidence at the level of the job family, Education and social services:
- Task levelUnexploredNo task-level benchmark in our collection tests teaching, counseling, or casework.
- Project levelPartialThin, adjacent evidence only. GDPval, which spans 44 occupations, is the one benchmark in our collection mapped here. OpenAI reports that GPT-5.5's deliverables won or tied against professionals' work in 84.9% of comparisons across all GDPval occupations. No benchmark tests work with students or clients.
Benchmarks for the job family
These cover work in education and social services, not always this occupation's tasks.
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
- Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
- Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
- Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as race and ethnic relations, measurement and data collection, and workplace social relations.
- Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
- Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
- Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media.
- Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.
- Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
- Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.
- Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.
- Advise students on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues.
Other job titles for this occupation (24)
Adjunct Instructor · Assistant Professor · Associate Professor · Faculty Member · Instructor · Lecturer · Professor · Social Science Instructor · Sociology Instructor · Sociology Professor · Adjunct Professor · Adjunct Sociology Professor · College Faculty Member · College Professor · Comparative Sociology Professor · Marriage and Family Teacher · Race Relations Professor · Social Organization Professor · Social Science Professor · Sociology Adjunct Instructor · Sociology Adjunct Professor · Sociology Faculty Member · Sociology Lecturer · University Faculty Member