State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Business Teachers salary: Alaska vs Colorado
Postsecondary Business Teachers in Alaska earn a median of $168,930. In Colorado, $78,210. After cost-of-living, the gap is 117.5% — not 116%.
Nominal pay gap
+116%
Alaska vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
+117.5%
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%
Colorado
Postsecondary Business Teachers
- Median
- $78,210
- p25
- $55,620
- p75
- $126,190
- p10
- $37,830
- p90
- $166,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -29%
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.