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English Professor

English Professor profiles score highest on Helping and Exploring. This page covers what the work involves, what the trait profile looks like, what it pays, and where the fit tends to break.

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Median pay: $78,760per year, U.S. BLS 2025
Entry education: Graduate or professional degreetypical for the occupation

SOURCE · O*NET 25-1123.00 and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Figures are national and vary widely by state and setting.

What the work involves

Teach courses in English language and literature, including linguistics and comparative literature. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Skills rated most important

Reading Comprehension94

Instructing91

Writing81

Speaking78

Active Listening75

Work context

Indoors, Environmentally Controlled90

Contact With Others86

Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams80

Spend Time Sitting63

Spend Time Standing44

Spend Time Walking or Running17

Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled11

Spend Time Bending or Twisting Your Body2

Spend Time Climbing Ladders, Scaffolds, or Poles0

Spend Time Keeping or Regaining Balance0

Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling0

O*NET importance and frequency ratings, 0–100.

The trait profile

Where English Professor profiles sit on the eleven Haliscope traits, derived from O*NET’s published interest and work-style data.

Helping98

Exploring75

Analyzing62

Harmonizing62

Law-Abiding57

Persevering55

Creating53

Organizing42

Safety-Seeking37

Influencing25

Operating22

Who it fits, and who it doesn’t

Strong signals

High Analyzing. Measures your drive to understand systems and solve problems. High scorers are knowledge-seeking, strategic thinkers who enjoy investigating and finding solutions.
High Exploring. Measures your openness to new experiences and curiosity about the unknown. High scorers seek novelty, enjoy experimentation, and value the journey itself.
High Creating. Measures your inclination toward original thinking and artistic expression. High scorers generate innovative ideas and find rigid structure limiting.

Friction points

Low Analyzing. Measures your drive to understand systems and solve problems. High scorers are knowledge-seeking, strategic thinkers who enjoy investigating and finding solutions.
Low Exploring. Measures your openness to new experiences and curiosity about the unknown. High scorers seek novelty, enjoy experimentation, and value the journey itself.
Low Creating. Measures your inclination toward original thinking and artistic expression. High scorers generate innovative ideas and find rigid structure limiting.

These are what the occupation’s profile says, not a hiring criterion. Haliscope is not validated for hiring or screening, and none of these is disqualifying — they are where a fit most often breaks.

Getting in

Entry education: Graduate or professional degree.

Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).

Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.

O*NET Job Zone descriptions, U.S. Department of Labor.

Exposure to AI

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