State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Business Teachers salary: Arizona vs Louisiana
Postsecondary Business Teachers in Louisiana earn a median of $129,040. In Arizona, $81,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 44.6% — not 36.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-36.8%
Arizona vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
-44.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Postsecondary Business Teachers
- Median
- $81,600
- p25
- $71,230
- p75
- $127,690
- p10
- $63,470
- p90
- $157,770
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +40%
Louisiana
Postsecondary Business Teachers
- Median
- $129,040
- p25
- $81,690
- p75
- $176,570
- p10
- $58,030
- p90
- $218,880
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -57%
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.