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Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary pay in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA and San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary is $150,940 per year in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA. It is $128,050 per year in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA is 17.9% above San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 25-1065 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 70 wage and salary jobs in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA and 60 in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, 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.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings