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Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary pay in Amherst Town-Northampton, MA and Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary is $133,660 per year in Amherst Town-Northampton, MA. It is $175,120 per year in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Amherst Town-Northampton, MA is 23.7% below Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 25-1051 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 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA and 580 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, 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.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings