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Social Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary, All Other pay in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA and Rochester, NY
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Social Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary, All Other is $180,230 per year in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA. It is $64,520 per year in Rochester, NY. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA is 179.3% above Rochester, NY 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 180 wage and salary jobs in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA and 60 in Rochester, NY. 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