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History Teachers, Postsecondary pay in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA and South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for History Teachers, Postsecondary is $192,320 per year in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA. It is $79,240 per year in South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA is 142.7% above South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 25-1125 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 110 wage and salary jobs in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA and 60 in South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI. 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