State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Business Teachers salary: Alaska vs Kentucky
Postsecondary Business Teachers in Alaska earn a median of $168,930. In Kentucky, $80,140. After cost-of-living, the gap is 85.7% — not 110.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+110.8%
Alaska vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+85.7%
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%
Kentucky
Postsecondary Business Teachers
- Median
- $80,140
- p25
- $59,180
- p75
- $127,800
- p10
- $39,430
- p90
- $175,390
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +20%
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.