State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Business Teachers salary: Alaska vs Massachusetts
Postsecondary Business Teachers in Alaska earn a median of $168,930. In Massachusetts, $103,110. After cost-of-living, the gap is 69.3% — not 63.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+63.8%
Alaska vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+69.3%
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%
Massachusetts
Postsecondary Business Teachers
- Median
- $103,110
- p25
- $80,430
- p75
- $169,010
- p10
- $59,760
- p90
- $238,900
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -40%
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.