State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Business Teachers salary: Colorado vs Louisiana
Postsecondary Business Teachers in Louisiana earn a median of $129,040. In Colorado, $78,210. After cost-of-living, the gap is 48.2% — not 39.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-39.4%
Colorado vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
-48.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Postsecondary Business Teachers
- Median
- $78,210
- p25
- $55,620
- p75
- $126,190
- p10
- $37,830
- p90
- $166,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -29%
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.