Also called: FCS Teacher, Home Economics Teacher, Culinary Arts Teacher
Teaches middle or high school classes in cooking, nutrition, child development, sewing, and personal finance.
One period students are making pasta from scratch; the next they're learning to budget a first apartment or caring for an infant simulator doll. Many FCS teachers advise the FCCLA student club.
Based on BLS high school teacher pay.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in family and consumer sciences education plus a teaching license.
Ways in: 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Family & Consumer Sciences Education, Nutrition, Human Development.
Growing slowly (about 1% over 10 years). BLS overall teacher growth is slow, but FCS teachers are in short supply in many states.
Low risk for 10 years. AI can generate recipes and budget lessons; teaching cooking, sewing and child care hands-on stays human.
Classes: Family and consumer sciences, Culinary arts CTE, Personal finance.
Official data: O*NET occupation 25-2031.
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