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Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary pay in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA and San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary is $156,310 per year in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA. It is $129,150 per year in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA is 21.0% above San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 25-1082 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 40 wage and salary jobs in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA and 30 in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, 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.