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Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary pay in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL and San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary is $128,960 per year in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. It is $357,220 per year in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL is 63.9% 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 4,090 wage and salary jobs in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL 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.