State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Business Teachers salary: Alaska vs Rhode Island
Postsecondary Business Teachers in Alaska earn a median of $168,930. In Rhode Island, $103,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 62.6% — not 62.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+62.7%
Alaska vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+62.6%
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%
Rhode Island
Postsecondary Business Teachers
- Median
- $103,820
- p25
- $83,350
- p75
- $162,750
- p10
- $66,110
- p90
- $203,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
- 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.