State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Business Teachers salary: Alabama vs Louisiana
Postsecondary Business Teachers in Louisiana earn a median of $129,040. In Alabama, $82,170. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.8% — not 36.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-36.3%
Alabama vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
-36.8%
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%
Louisiana
Postsecondary Business Teachers
- Median
- $129,040
- p25
- $81,690
- p75
- $176,570
- p10
- $58,030
- p90
- $218,880
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -57%
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.