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Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary pay in Bakersfield-Delano, CA and Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary is $122,730 per year in Bakersfield-Delano, CA. It is $223,240 per year in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA. Bakersfield-Delano, CA is 45.0% below Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 25-1111 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 50 wage and salary jobs in Bakersfield-Delano, CA and 150 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.