State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers salary: Alaska vs California
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers in California earn a median of $165,110. In Alaska, $73,890. After cost-of-living, the gap is 51.6% — not 55.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-55.2%
Alaska vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-51.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers
- Median
- $73,890
- p25
- $60,700
- p75
- $93,890
- p10
- $59,600
- p90
- $108,600
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
California
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers
- Median
- $165,110
- p25
- $99,960
- p75
- $357,220
- p10
- $65,510
- p90
- $381,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -45%
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.