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Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary pay in Kentucky and Wisconsin
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary is $61,080 per year in Kentucky. It is $82,620 per year in Wisconsin. Kentucky is 26.1% below Wisconsin 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 1,560 wage and salary jobs in Kentucky and 2,000 in Wisconsin. 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