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Education Teachers, Postsecondary pay in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA and Spartanburg, SC
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Education Teachers, Postsecondary is $129,100 per year in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA. It is $62,690 per year in Spartanburg, SC. San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA is 105.9% above Spartanburg, SC on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 25-1081 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 160 wage and salary jobs in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA and 50 in Spartanburg, SC. 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