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Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary pay in New Jersey and New York
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary is $83,620 per year in New Jersey. It is $126,430 per year in New York. New Jersey is 33.9% below New York 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 330 wage and salary jobs in New Jersey and 1,460 in New York. 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