State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Business Teachers salary: Alaska vs Kansas
Postsecondary Business Teachers in Alaska earn a median of $168,930. In Kansas, $83,310. After cost-of-living, the gap is 78.4% — not 102.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+102.8%
Alaska vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+78.4%
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%
Kansas
Postsecondary Business Teachers
- Median
- $83,310
- p25
- $61,090
- p75
- $140,190
- p10
- $48,140
- p90
- $238,150
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +17%
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.