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State comparison · 2025

Postsecondary Business Teachers salary: Alabama vs Alaska

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Postsecondary Business Teachers in Alaska earn a median of $168,930. In Alabama, $82,170. After cost-of-living, the gap is 43.9% — not 51.4%.

Nominal pay gap
-51.4%
Alabama vs Alaska
COL-adjusted gap
-43.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

Alabama

Postsecondary Business Teachers

Median
$82,170
p25
$62,710
p75
$128,810
p10
$48,310
p90
$171,420
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
88.8
Hiring velocity (180d)
-31%
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Alaska

Postsecondary Business Teachers

Median
$168,930
p25
$94,560
p75
$331,040
p10
$63,170
p90
$332,000
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
102.4
Hiring velocity (180d)
0%
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BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.