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Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary pay in Erie, PA and Waco, TX
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary is $65,880 per year in Erie, PA. It is $206,810 per year in Waco, TX. Erie, PA is 68.1% below Waco, TX on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 25-1072 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 Erie, PA and 60 in Waco, TX. 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