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Geography Teachers, Postsecondary pay in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA and Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Geography Teachers, Postsecondary is $146,040 per year in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. It is $103,470 per year in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 41.1% above Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 25-1064 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 100 wage and salary jobs in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA and 130 in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA. 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.