State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Business Teachers salary: Alaska vs Mississippi
Postsecondary Business Teachers in Alaska earn a median of $168,930. In Mississippi, $75,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 89.6% — not 123.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+123.2%
Alaska vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+89.6%
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%
Mississippi
Postsecondary Business Teachers
- Median
- $75,680
- p25
- $56,330
- p75
- $107,940
- p10
- $34,450
- p90
- $159,370
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.