State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Business Teachers salary: Alaska vs West Virginia
Postsecondary Business Teachers in Alaska earn a median of $168,930. In West Virginia, $104,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 41.3% — not 61.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+61.7%
Alaska vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+41.3%
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%
West Virginia
Postsecondary Business Teachers
- Median
- $104,480
- p25
- $77,240
- p75
- $161,640
- p10
- $56,670
- p90
- $206,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.