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Social Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary, All Other pay in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ and Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Social Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary, All Other is $81,180 per year in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. It is $180,230 per year in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 55.0% below Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 25-1069 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 1,210 wage and salary jobs in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ and 180 in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, 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.