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Postsecondary Teachers By State

Postsecondary Teachers By Gender, Working Status, and State

There are 1,538,758 Postsecondary Teachers at U.S. colleges. By hired status, 862,496 full-time and 676,262 pare-time Postsecondary Teachers are working for colleges. By gender, there are 755,700 male and 783,058 female Postsecondary Teachers (academic year 2022-2023).
The following table shows the total number of Postsecondary Teachers working for college by state, gender, and working status.
By Occupation
Number of Postsecondary Teachers at U.S. Colleges by State
StateTotalFull-timePart-timeMenWomen
Alaska 2,462 1,445 1,017 1,155 1,307
Alabama 19,211 12,740 6,471 9,191 10,020
Arkansas 10,630 7,048 3,582 4,992 5,638
American Samoa 99 99 - 46 53
Arizona 34,692 12,732 21,960 15,578 19,114
California 176,207 88,855 87,352 86,254 89,953
Colorado 31,019 17,810 13,209 14,728 16,291
Connecticut 24,097 13,199 10,898 11,759 12,338
District of Columbia 11,966 6,258 5,708 6,201 5,765
Delaware 4,747 2,149 2,598 2,115 2,632
Florida 66,756 36,138 30,618 33,648 33,108
Federated States of Micronesia 146 127 19 88 58
Georgia 39,925 26,866 13,059 20,006 19,919
Guam 416 226 190 215 201
Hawaii 4,433 2,688 1,745 2,282 2,151
Iowa 17,263 10,181 7,082 8,371 8,892
Idaho 8,092 3,759 4,333 4,204 3,888
Illinois 60,337 32,317 28,020 28,795 31,542
Indiana 31,707 19,064 12,643 15,953 15,754
Kansas 14,859 9,176 5,683 7,277 7,582
Kentucky 18,839 11,303 7,536 9,067 9,772
Louisiana 16,832 11,804 5,028 8,251 8,581
Massachusetts 57,133 34,633 22,500 28,929 28,204
Maryland 35,111 19,005 16,106 16,956 18,155
Maine 5,883 2,960 2,923 2,659 3,224
Marshall Islands 108 72 36 65 43
Michigan 43,422 25,077 18,345 21,667 21,755
Minnesota 28,045 14,175 13,870 13,095 14,950
Missouri 31,559 16,704 14,855 15,741 15,818
Northern Marianas 63 39 24 28 35
Mississippi 11,479 7,774 3,705 5,261 6,218
Montana 4,132 2,571 1,561 1,946 2,186
North Carolina 55,049 33,359 21,690 27,477 27,572
North Dakota 4,074 2,711 1,363 1,984 2,090
Nebraska 12,237 6,958 5,279 5,958 6,279
New Hampshire 12,652 2,989 9,663 5,598 7,054
New Jersey 35,304 15,304 20,000 17,420 17,884
New Mexico 7,975 4,935 3,040 3,678 4,297
Nevada 8,060 3,860 4,200 3,872 4,188
New York 127,327 69,088 58,239 64,507 62,820
Ohio 52,392 26,429 25,963 25,227 27,165
Oklahoma 15,025 9,814 5,211 7,549 7,476
Oregon 19,213 10,622 8,591 8,923 10,290
Pennsylvania 71,734 44,365 27,369 36,369 35,365
Puerto Rico 14,794 6,612 8,182 6,678 8,116
Palau 44 41 3 23 21
Rhode Island 7,305 4,159 3,146 3,686 3,619
South Carolina 18,611 11,896 6,715 8,959 9,652
South Dakota 3,895 2,341 1,554 1,786 2,109
Tennessee 26,189 16,346 9,843 12,835 13,354
Texas 97,553 60,894 36,659 48,420 49,133
Utah 21,053 13,364 7,689 10,441 10,612
Virginia 40,851 22,311 18,540 21,164 19,687
Virgin Islands 256 128 128 117 139
Vermont 4,637 2,056 2,581 2,381 2,256
Washington 30,233 18,221 12,012 13,865 16,368
Wisconsin 28,405 17,296 11,109 14,154 14,251
West Virginia 9,757 5,777 3,980 4,889 4,868
Wyoming 2,463 1,626 837 1,217 1,246