State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Business Teachers salary: Alaska vs Tennessee
Postsecondary Business Teachers in Alaska earn a median of $168,930. In Tennessee, $85,950. After cost-of-living, the gap is 76.4% — not 96.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+96.5%
Alaska vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+76.4%
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%
Tennessee
Postsecondary Business Teachers
- Median
- $85,950
- p25
- $65,060
- p75
- $132,980
- p10
- $53,780
- p90
- $169,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -47%
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.