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Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary pay in New Hampshire and Rhode Island
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary is $125,450 per year in New Hampshire. It is $104,460 per year in Rhode Island. New Hampshire is 20.1% above Rhode Island 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 80 wage and salary jobs in New Hampshire and Not published in Rhode Island. 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.