State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Business Teachers salary: Alaska vs North Carolina
Postsecondary Business Teachers in Alaska earn a median of $168,930. In North Carolina, $79,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 95.4% — not 112.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+112.2%
Alaska vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+95.4%
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%
North Carolina
Postsecondary Business Teachers
- Median
- $79,600
- p25
- $61,720
- p75
- $131,980
- p10
- $42,480
- p90
- $173,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +50%
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.