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Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary pay in California and Hawaii
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary is $81,500 per year in California. It is $133,340 per year in Hawaii. California is 38.9% below Hawaii on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 25-1113 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 230 wage and salary jobs in California and 50 in Hawaii. 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