State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Business Teachers salary: Alaska vs Iowa
Postsecondary Business Teachers in Alaska earn a median of $168,930. In Iowa, $83,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 74.1% — not 103%.
Nominal pay gap
+103%
Alaska vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
+74.1%
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%
Iowa
Postsecondary Business Teachers
- Median
- $83,200
- p25
- $61,120
- p75
- $129,830
- p10
- $49,750
- p90
- $207,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +73%
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.