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Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary pay in Alabama and Michigan
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary is $80,030 per year in Alabama. It is $136,130 per year in Michigan. Alabama is 41.2% below Michigan on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 25-1041 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 280 wage and salary jobs in Alabama and 240 in Michigan. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings