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Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary pay in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA and New Haven, CT
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary is $175,120 per year in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. It is $163,850 per year in New Haven, CT. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 6.9% above New Haven, CT 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 580 wage and salary jobs in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA and 60 in New Haven, CT. 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