State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Business Teachers salary: Alaska vs New Mexico
Postsecondary Business Teachers in Alaska earn a median of $168,930. In New Mexico, $83,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 81.1% — not 101.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+101.2%
Alaska vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+81.1%
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%
New Mexico
Postsecondary Business Teachers
- Median
- $83,980
- p25
- $51,030
- p75
- $135,750
- p10
- $42,680
- p90
- $173,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -85%
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.