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| Year | # of jobs | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6 | 0.00% |
| 2020 | 6 | 0.00% |
| 2019 | 7 | 0.00% |
| 2018 | 7 | 0.00% |
| 2017 | 7 | 0.00% |
| Year | Avg. salary | Hourly rate | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $96,776 | $46.53 | +2.5% |
| 2024 | $94,442 | $45.40 | +1.4% |
| 2023 | $93,146 | $44.78 | +1.3% |
| 2022 | $91,953 | $44.21 | +1.5% |
| 2021 | $90,553 | $43.54 | --0.6% |
| Rank | State | Population | # of jobs | Employment/ 1000ppl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | District of Columbia | 693,972 | 135 | 19% |
| 2 | Maryland | 6,052,177 | 281 | 5% |
| 3 | Massachusetts | 6,859,819 | 259 | 4% |
| 4 | Wyoming | 579,315 | 21 | 4% |
| 5 | Virginia | 8,470,020 | 272 | 3% |
| 6 | Oregon | 4,142,776 | 138 | 3% |
| 7 | Utah | 3,101,833 | 87 | 3% |
| 8 | Delaware | 961,939 | 25 | 3% |
| 9 | Vermont | 623,657 | 19 | 3% |
| 10 | California | 39,536,653 | 759 | 2% |
| 11 | New York | 19,849,399 | 329 | 2% |
| 12 | Illinois | 12,802,023 | 222 | 2% |
| 13 | New Jersey | 9,005,644 | 188 | 2% |
| 14 | North Carolina | 10,273,419 | 183 | 2% |
| 15 | Washington | 7,405,743 | 166 | 2% |
| 16 | Minnesota | 5,576,606 | 110 | 2% |
| 17 | Nevada | 2,998,039 | 51 | 2% |
| 18 | New Hampshire | 1,342,795 | 25 | 2% |
| 19 | Rhode Island | 1,059,639 | 25 | 2% |
| 20 | Alaska | 739,795 | 18 | 2% |
| Rank | City | # of jobs | Employment/ 1000ppl | Avg. salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leavenworth | 1 | 3% | $75,881 |
Illinois Wesleyan University
Joanne Diaz Ph.D.: Quite often, people assume that teaching is the only professional path available to students who major in English. While we are delighted when English majors pursue careers in education, our graduates go on to a wide range of careers in law, journalism, public relations, marketing, information technology, library science, public policy, museum curation, and publishing.
English, like all of the humanities disciplines (Philosophy, Religion, History, and Classics), prepares students to read, write, listen, and persuade well; in addition, these disciplines help students to create habits of mind. These are the graduates who are flexible, resilient, and adaptable. Those last three descriptors are incredibly important for students who are entering the workforce in the twenty-first century.