State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Business Teachers salary: Alaska vs South Carolina
Postsecondary Business Teachers in Alaska earn a median of $168,930. In South Carolina, $78,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 96.1% — not 114.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+114.3%
Alaska vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+96.1%
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%
South Carolina
Postsecondary Business Teachers
- Median
- $78,830
- p25
- $49,990
- p75
- $129,380
- p10
- $38,780
- p90
- $172,580
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -31%
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.