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Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary pay in Charleston-North Charleston, SC and Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary is $81,610 per year in Charleston-North Charleston, SC. It is $156,430 per year in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA. Charleston-North Charleston, SC is 47.8% below Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 25-1052 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 80 wage and salary jobs in Charleston-North Charleston, SC and 110 in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, 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.