State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Business Teachers salary: Alaska vs Arkansas
Postsecondary Business Teachers in Alaska earn a median of $168,930. In Arkansas, $64,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 121.9% — not 161.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+161.4%
Alaska vs Arkansas
COL-adjusted gap
+121.9%
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%
Arkansas
Postsecondary Business Teachers
- Median
- $64,620
- p25
- $53,280
- p75
- $114,270
- p10
- $35,500
- p90
- $167,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +25%
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.