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Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary pay in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC and College Station-Bryan, TX
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary is $88,490 per year in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC. It is $128,670 per year in College Station-Bryan, TX. Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC is 31.2% below College Station-Bryan, TX on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 25-1031 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 50 wage and salary jobs in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC and 160 in College Station-Bryan, TX. 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