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English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary pay in Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL and San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary is $62,540 per year in Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL. It is $165,090 per year in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL is 62.1% below San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 25-1123 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 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL and 610 in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, 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.