State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Business Teachers salary: Alaska vs Michigan
Postsecondary Business Teachers in Alaska earn a median of $168,930. In Michigan, $111,190. After cost-of-living, the gap is 42.7% — not 51.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+51.9%
Alaska vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
+42.7%
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%
Michigan
Postsecondary Business Teachers
- Median
- $111,190
- p25
- $64,730
- p75
- $163,360
- p10
- $43,360
- p90
- $229,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +6%
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.