State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Business Teachers salary: Arkansas vs Louisiana
Postsecondary Business Teachers in Louisiana earn a median of $129,040. In Arkansas, $64,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 49.2% — not 49.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-49.9%
Arkansas vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
-49.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Postsecondary Business Teachers
- Median
- $64,620
- p25
- $53,280
- p75
- $114,270
- p10
- $35,500
- p90
- $167,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +25%
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.