State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Business Teachers salary: Alabama vs Alaska
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%
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%
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.