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Business Teachers, Postsecondary pay in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA and Wilmington, NC
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Business Teachers, Postsecondary is $128,640 per year in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. It is $187,380 per year in Wilmington, NC. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 31.3% below Wilmington, NC on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 25-1011 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 430 wage and salary jobs in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA and 170 in Wilmington, NC. 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.