State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Business Teachers salary: Alaska vs Arizona
Postsecondary Business Teachers in Alaska earn a median of $168,930. In Arizona, $81,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 103.6% — not 107%.
Nominal pay gap
+107%
Alaska vs Arizona
COL-adjusted gap
+103.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Arizona
Postsecondary Business Teachers
- Median
- $81,600
- p25
- $71,230
- p75
- $127,690
- p10
- $63,470
- p90
- $157,770
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +40%
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.