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Teachers and Instructors, All Other pay in Rhode Island and West Virginia
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Teachers and Instructors, All Other is $130,480 per year in Rhode Island. It is $64,140 per year in West Virginia. Rhode Island is 103.4% above West Virginia on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 25-3099 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 410 wage and salary jobs in Rhode Island and 660 in West Virginia. 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