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Self-Enrichment Teachers pay in El Centro, CA and Lake Charles, LA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Self-Enrichment Teachers is $59,600 per year in El Centro, CA. It is $79,580 per year in Lake Charles, LA. El Centro, CA is 25.1% below Lake Charles, LA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 25-3021 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 90 wage and salary jobs in El Centro, CA and 310 in Lake Charles, LA. 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