State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Business Teachers salary: Delaware vs Iowa
Postsecondary Business Teachers in Delaware earn a median of $130,370. In Iowa, $83,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37.9% — not 56.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+56.7%
Delaware vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
+37.9%
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%
Iowa
Postsecondary Business Teachers
- Median
- $83,200
- p25
- $61,120
- p75
- $129,830
- p10
- $49,750
- p90
- $207,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +73%
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.