State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers salary: Alabama vs District of Columbia
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers in District of Columbia earn a median of $167,520. In Alabama, $92,310. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.8% — not 44.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-44.9%
Alabama vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-31.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers
- Median
- $92,310
- p25
- $61,270
- p75
- $128,720
- p10
- $58,540
- p90
- $202,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -29%
District of Columbia
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers
- Median
- $167,520
- p25
- $101,730
- p75
- $217,750
- p10
- $66,810
- p90
- $304,510
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
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.