University Professor
Teaches, supervises and publishes inside a department. Autonomy is high after tenure and near zero before it.
- Pay band (est.)
- $78k–$173k
- Time to competence
- 11 years
- Licence
- None
- Setting
- mixed
- Leverage
- high
- Place constraint
- high
- Physical demand
- 12/100
- Hours burden
- 62/100
Factor percentiles
Percentile against the whole curated set. Higher is better on that factor only.
- Play73th
Absorbing rather than merely paid.
- Specific knowledge89th
A combination of skills that is hard to copy.
- Leverage86th
Output that scales through code, media, capital or crew.
- Demand31th
Durability and shortage, scored conservatively.
- Pay59th
Mid-career floor and the range above it.
- Body81th
Inverse of physical demand and hours.
- Autonomy86th
Control of methods and time.
- People fit63th
Distance from your preferred people level.
- Place flexibility16th
Remote fit and freedom from specific metros.
- Time to skill3th
Inverse of years to competence.
- Meaning load50th
Closeness to the families you marked as meaningful. Your mapping, not ours.
- Downside tolerance83th
Inverse of named risk to body, market or platform.
Downside
The tenure market is the narrowest bottleneck on this list.
Examine this against your weights
The percentiles above use the default weights. Set your own on the ranking and this vocation moves with them.
- Place constraint is high. Where you live is analysed at locationistics.com.
- Hours burden is 62/100 and people intensity 70/100. Who you are with is analysed at relationistics.com.
Source note: BLS OEWS May 2024, Postsecondary Teachers, All Other (25-1199): median $78,490, 90th percentile $172,850. Outlook from BLS 2025-35 projections, +2.0%. Other scores editorial. All figures are estimates for comparison.