Becoming a Foreign Languages Professor via Online Education?
At the very least, online education can help you lay a foundation and/or open up alternate career paths.
Ashford University, one of the highest ranking online
schools,
is a US school (accredited) offering language courses to train individuals
to become top-notch
interpreters,
english teachers,
language teachers,
linguists,
african languages interpreters,
african languages teachers,
arabic interpreters,
arabic teachers,
chinese interpreters, etc.
Currently, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics there are 27,020 people employed as
foreign language and literature teachers alone in America, and their average annual salary is
$63,300.
Colleges and universities like Ashford University that provide online education are successfully launching workers into
this
field.
Foreign Languages Professor Salary Information
Category: Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary
| Total # Employed in the US |
27,020 |
| Average Yearly Salary |
$63,300 |
| Yearly Salary Range |
| PERCENTILE |
| 10% | 25% | 50% | 75% | 90% |
| $33,320 |
$42,900 |
$56,740 |
$77,600 |
$103,030 |
|
| Employment Demographics |
| % OF WORKERS WITH |
| < High School Diploma |
High School Diploma |
Some College |
Associate Degree |
Bachelor Degree |
Master Degree |
Doctoral Degree |
| 0.2% |
0.7% |
2.7% |
2.3% |
15.3% |
34.6% |
44.2% |
|
Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary — WAGES BY STATE, SORTED BY SALARY
| STATE | Average Hourly Wage | Average Annual Salary |
|---|
| Alabama |
-
|
$54,520
|
| Arkansas |
-
|
$66,190
|
| California |
-
|
$63,150
|
| Colorado |
-
|
$80,320
|
| Connecticut |
-
|
$53,940
|
| Delaware |
-
|
$70,040
|
| Florida |
-
|
$64,310
|
| Hawaii |
-
|
$58,930
|
| Idaho |
-
|
$54,960
|
| Indiana |
-
|
$57,160
|
| Kansas |
-
|
$50,290
|
| Kentucky |
-
|
$56,650
|
| Louisiana |
-
|
$65,270
|
| Maine |
-
|
$50,690
|
| Maryland |
-
|
$56,390
|
| Massachusetts |
-
|
$53,300
|
| Michigan |
-
|
$72,180
|
| Mississippi |
-
|
$61,880
|
| Missouri |
-
|
$69,860
|
| Montana |
-
|
$62,740
|
| Nebraska |
-
|
$62,160
|
| Nevada |
-
|
$53,710
|
| New Hampshire |
-
|
$47,620
|
| New Jersey |
-
|
$46,790
|
| New Mexico |
-
|
$61,720
|
| New York |
-
|
$45,810
|
| North Carolina |
-
|
$64,700
|
| North Dakota |
-
|
$66,740
|
| Ohio |
-
|
$58,900
|
| Oklahoma |
-
|
$75,820
|
| Oregon |
-
|
$56,830
|
| Pennsylvania |
-
|
$50,770
|
| South Carolina |
-
|
$63,690
|
| South Dakota |
-
|
$43,950
|
| Tennessee |
-
|
$64,690
|
| Utah |
-
|
$67,620
|
| Virginia |
-
|
$89,180
|
| Washington |
-
|
$59,850
|
| West Virginia |
-
|
$51,200
|
| Wisconsin |
-
|
$51,160
|
| Wyoming |
-
|
$61,760
|
| Guam |
-
|
$61,010
|
| Puerto Rico |
-
|
$65,970
|
