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Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary pay in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA and Trenton-Princeton, NJ
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary is $145,530 per year in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA. It is $105,290 per year in Trenton-Princeton, NJ. Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA is 38.2% above Trenton-Princeton, NJ 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 40 wage and salary jobs in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA and Not published in Trenton-Princeton, NJ. 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.