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Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary pay in Florida and Hawaii
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary is $60,580 per year in Florida. It is $133,340 per year in Hawaii. Florida is 54.6% 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 90 wage and salary jobs in Florida 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