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Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary pay in Iowa and Missouri
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary is $86,390 per year in Iowa. It is $130,500 per year in Missouri. Iowa is 33.8% below Missouri on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 25-1061 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 40 wage and salary jobs in Iowa and 160 in Missouri. 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