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Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary pay in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT and Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary is $99,600 per year in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT. It is $145,530 per year in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA. Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT is 31.6% below Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 25-1062 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 Not published wage and salary jobs in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT and 40 in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA. 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.