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Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary pay in Portland-South Portland, ME and Waco, TX
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary is $82,390 per year in Portland-South Portland, ME. It is $206,810 per year in Waco, TX. Portland-South Portland, ME is 60.2% 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 210 wage and salary jobs in Portland-South Portland, ME 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.