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Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary pay in Missouri and Virginia
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary is $130,500 per year in Missouri. It is $94,260 per year in Virginia. Missouri is 38.4% above Virginia 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 160 wage and salary jobs in Missouri and 230 in Virginia. 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