State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Business Teachers salary: Alaska vs California
Postsecondary Business Teachers in Alaska earn a median of $168,930. In California, $128,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 42.2% — not 31.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.5%
Alaska vs California
COL-adjusted gap
+42.2%
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%
California
Postsecondary Business Teachers
- Median
- $128,470
- p25
- $80,600
- p75
- $176,570
- p10
- $60,910
- p90
- $250,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +18%
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.