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Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary pay in Albuquerque, NM and San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary is $178,290 per year in Albuquerque, NM. It is $357,220 per year in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Albuquerque, NM is 50.1% below San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 25-1071 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 1,270 wage and salary jobs in Albuquerque, NM and 4,340 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.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings