State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Business Teachers salary: Alaska vs District of Columbia
Postsecondary Business Teachers in Alaska earn a median of $168,930. In District of Columbia, $128,370. After cost-of-living, the gap is 41.2% — not 31.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.6%
Alaska vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
+41.2%
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%
District of Columbia
Postsecondary Business Teachers
- Median
- $128,370
- p25
- $81,170
- p75
- $172,370
- p10
- $62,930
- p90
- $265,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +50%
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.