State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Business Teachers salary: Alaska vs North Dakota
Postsecondary Business Teachers in Alaska earn a median of $168,930. In North Dakota, $110,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.4% — not 53.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+53.5%
Alaska vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+33.4%
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 Dakota
Postsecondary Business Teachers
- Median
- $110,050
- p25
- $71,780
- p75
- $161,610
- p10
- $58,730
- p90
- $203,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -25%
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.