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Economics Teachers, Postsecondary pay in Illinois and New Hampshire
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Economics Teachers, Postsecondary is $124,850 per year in Illinois. It is $201,610 per year in New Hampshire. Illinois is 38.1% below New Hampshire on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 25-1063 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 460 wage and salary jobs in Illinois and 80 in New Hampshire. 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