State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Business Teachers salary: Alaska vs Virginia
Postsecondary Business Teachers in Alaska earn a median of $168,930. In Virginia, $103,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 60.6% — not 62.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+62.7%
Alaska vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+60.6%
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%
Virginia
Postsecondary Business Teachers
- Median
- $103,860
- p25
- $64,450
- p75
- $177,770
- p10
- $47,680
- p90
- $234,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.