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Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary

SOC 25-1111 · 2024-2034

Teach courses in criminal justice, corrections, and law enforcement administration. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.

What California expects of this job

Typical pay in California

$143,631per year

Projected openings

1,080

Projected change

0%

Usually needs

Doctoral or professional degree

Skills this work uses most

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.

1. Speaking
2. Critical Thinking
3. Active Listening
4. Active Learning
5. Writing
6. Instructing

Pay by region

What the pay actually ranges across

The lowest-paid tenth earn under

$70,890

A quarter earn under

$84,491

Half earn under

$143,631

Three quarters earn under

$222,201

The highest-paid tenth earn over

$267,165

A median is one point. These are the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2026 figures for California, and they say how far apart the people doing this job actually are. Read them as the spread across everyone already in the work — not as a starting wage and not as a promise about where anyone lands.

Similar work

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.

Programs that train for this job — 19

• Private Security Officer (Armed)

  M-5 Training School of Protective Services · Lancaster · $1,138

  Working 6 months later

  44%

  Earnings in one quarter after

  $10,461

• Private Security Officer (Unarmed)

  M-5 Training School of Protective Services · Lancaster · $600

  Working 6 months later

  67%

  Earnings in one quarter after

  $9,000

• Private Security Officer (Armed) and School Security officer

  M-5 Training School of Protective Services · Lancaster · $2,455

  Working 6 months later

  Not reported

  Earnings in one quarter after

  Not reported

• Advanced Private Security Academy

  Downey Adult School · Downey · $999

  Working 6 months later

  Not reported

  Earnings in one quarter after

  Not reported

• Cert. of Achievement Administration of Justice: Forensic Criminalist

  Contra Costa College · San Pablo · $1,340

  Working 6 months later

  Not reported

  Earnings in one quarter after

  Not reported

• Cert. of Achievement Administration of Justice Law Enforcement

  Contra Costa College · San Pablo · $1,795

  Working 6 months later

  Not reported

  Earnings in one quarter after

  Not reported

• Cert. of Achievement Administration of Justice: Police Records & Services Technician

  Contra Costa College · San Pablo · $1,398

  Working 6 months later

  Not reported

  Earnings in one quarter after

  Not reported

• Cert. of Achievement Administration of Justice Corrections

  Contra Costa College · San Pablo · $1,753

  Working 6 months later

  Not reported

  Earnings in one quarter after

  Not reported

• Cert. of Achievement Administration of Justice Correctional Specialist

  Contra Costa College · San Pablo · $1,681

  Working 6 months later

  Not reported

  Earnings in one quarter after

  Not reported

• AS-T Administration of Justice

  Contra Costa College · San Pablo · $4,668

  Working 6 months later

  Not reported

  Earnings in one quarter after

  Not reported

• AS Degree Administration of Justice: Law Enforcement

  Contra Costa College · San Pablo · $4,433

  Working 6 months later

  Not reported

  Earnings in one quarter after

  Not reported

• Crime Scene Investigation Certificate of Achievement

  City College of San Francisco · San Francisco · $860

  Working 6 months later

  Not reported

  Earnings in one quarter after

  Not reported

• ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE-Criminal Law (Certificate of Achievement)

  Los Medanos College · Pittsburg · $1,139

  Working 6 months later

  100%

  Earnings in one quarter after

  $6,982

• Correctional Rehabilitation

  Lemoore College · Lemoore · $2,104

  Working 6 months later

  58%

  Earnings in one quarter after

  Not reported

• Cybersecurity

  De Anza College, Occupational Training Institute · Cupertino · $5,044

  Working 6 months later

  Not reported

  Earnings in one quarter after

  Not reported

  Outcomes cover more than this program The provider filed these figures against more than the program named — several of its programs, or the whole institution. They are shown because they are real, and nothing here ranks or rates them, because they do not describe this program.

• Security Guard Card Training

  Sectr · Victorville · $380

  Working 6 months later

  70%

  Earnings in one quarter after

  $18,725

  Outcomes cover more than this program The provider filed these figures against more than the program named — several of its programs, or the whole institution. They are shown because they are real, and nothing here ranks or rates them, because they do not describe this program.

• Administration of Justice, Certificate of Achievement

  College of Marin · Greenbrae · $2,266

  Working 6 months later

  Not reported

  Earnings in one quarter after

  Not reported

• Administration of Justice

  San Bernardino Valley College · San Bernardino · $2,601

  Working 6 months later

  Not reported

  Earnings in one quarter after

  Not reported

• ADJUS: AS Degree in Admin. of Justice

  Diablo Valley College · Pleasant Hill · $4,753

  Working 6 months later

  Not reported

  Earnings in one quarter after

  Not reported