State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Business Teachers salary: Alaska vs Missouri
Postsecondary Business Teachers in Alaska earn a median of $168,930. In Missouri, $100,310. After cost-of-living, the gap is 49.3% — not 68.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+68.4%
Alaska vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+49.3%
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%
Missouri
Postsecondary Business Teachers
- Median
- $100,310
- p25
- $64,380
- p75
- $167,370
- p10
- $49,640
- p90
- $280,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -47%
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.