State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Business Teachers salary: Alaska vs Pennsylvania
Postsecondary Business Teachers in Alaska earn a median of $168,930. In Pennsylvania, $101,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 58.2% — not 66%.
Nominal pay gap
+66%
Alaska vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+58.2%
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%
Pennsylvania
Postsecondary Business Teachers
- Median
- $101,760
- p25
- $74,100
- p75
- $150,080
- p10
- $46,820
- p90
- $178,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -6%
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.