State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Business Teachers salary: Delaware vs Illinois
Postsecondary Business Teachers in Delaware earn a median of $130,370. In Illinois, $94,770. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37.8% — not 37.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+37.6%
Delaware vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
+37.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Postsecondary Business Teachers
- Median
- $130,370
- p25
- $79,650
- p75
- $167,870
- p10
- $54,830
- p90
- $207,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -71%
Illinois
Postsecondary Business Teachers
- Median
- $94,770
- p25
- $58,130
- p75
- $141,710
- p10
- $37,590
- p90
- $215,800
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -42%
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.