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State comparison · 2025

Postsecondary Business Teachers salary: California vs Louisiana

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Postsecondary Business Teachers in Louisiana earn a median of $129,040. In California, $128,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.7% — not 0.4%.

Nominal pay gap
-0.4%
California vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
-20.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

California

Postsecondary Business Teachers

Median
$128,470
p25
$80,600
p75
$176,570
p10
$60,910
p90
$250,700
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
110.7
Hiring velocity (180d)
+18%
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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%
See full breakdown for Louisiana

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.