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Communications Teachers, Postsecondary pay in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA and South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Communications Teachers, Postsecondary is $180,650 per year in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA. It is $61,740 per year in South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA is 192.6% above South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 25-1122 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 300 wage and salary jobs in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA and 90 in South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI. 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