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Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary pay in Hawaii and Minnesota
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary is $129,530 per year in Hawaii. It is $81,280 per year in Minnesota. Hawaii is 59.4% above Minnesota 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 1,890 wage and salary jobs in Hawaii and 1,340 in Minnesota. 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