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Economics Teachers, Postsecondary pay in New Hampshire and North Carolina
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Economics Teachers, Postsecondary is $201,610 per year in New Hampshire. It is $114,200 per year in North Carolina. New Hampshire is 76.5% above North Carolina 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 80 wage and salary jobs in New Hampshire and 490 in North Carolina. 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