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Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary

Role Overview

Teach courses in drama, music, and the arts including fine and applied art, such as painting and sculpture, or design and crafts. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Recommended Majors

Art Teacher Education. Music Teacher Education. Drama and Dance Teacher Education. Visual and Performing Arts, General. Digital Arts. Crafts/Craft Design, Folk Art and Artisanry. Dance, General. Ballet. Dance, Other. Design and Visual Communications, General. Industrial and Product Design. Commercial Photography. Fashion/Apparel Design. Graphic Design. Illustration. Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General. Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology. Playwriting and Screenwriting. Theatre Literature, History and Criticism. Acting. Directing and Theatrical Production. Musical Theatre. Costume Design. Comedy Writing and Performance. Theatre and Dance. Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft, Other. Film/Cinema/Media Studies. Cinematography and Film/Video Production. Photography. Documentary Production. Film/Video and Photographic Arts, Other. Art/Art Studies, General. Fine/Studio Arts, General. Art History, Criticism and Conservation. Drawing. Intermedia/Multimedia. Painting. Sculpture. Printmaking. Ceramic Arts and Ceramics. Fiber, Textile and Weaving Arts. Jewelry Arts. Metal Arts. Fine Arts and Art Studies, Other. Music History, Literature, and Theory. Music Performance, General. Music Theory and Composition. Musicology and Ethnomusicology. Conducting. Keyboard Instruments. Voice and Opera. Jazz/Jazz Studies. Stringed Instruments. Music Pedagogy. Music Technology. Brass Instruments. Woodwind Instruments. Percussion Instruments. Sound Arts. Music, Other. Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management, General. Fine and Studio Arts Management. Music Management. Theatre/Theatre Arts Management. Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management, Other. Community/Environmental/Socially-Engaged Art. Visual and Performing Arts, Other.

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Salary by State (top paying)

State	Median salary
Hawaii	$129,330
New York	$110,000
California	$105,980
New Jersey	$99,110
Rhode Island	$98,960
Connecticut	$98,420
Vermont	$86,570
Massachusetts	$83,490
New Hampshire	$83,100
District of Columbia	$83,000
Maine	$81,810
Maryland	$81,530
Pennsylvania	$81,250
Alaska	$80,190
Georgia	$79,240

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Median Annual Salary

$80,190

Projected Growth (10yr)

+1.7%

Avg. annual openings

9.0k

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