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Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary pay in Amarillo, TX and Chico, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary is $59,340 per year in Amarillo, TX. It is $162,300 per year in Chico, CA. Amarillo, TX is 63.4% below Chico, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 25-1194 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 170 wage and salary jobs in Amarillo, TX and 50 in Chico, 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