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Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary pay in Michigan and Minnesota
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary is $138,130 per year in Michigan. It is $82,670 per year in Minnesota. Michigan is 67.1% above Minnesota on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 25-1043 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 60 wage and salary jobs in Michigan and 180 in Minnesota. 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