State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Business Teachers salary: Delaware vs Kentucky
Postsecondary Business Teachers in Delaware earn a median of $130,370. In Kentucky, $80,140. After cost-of-living, the gap is 47% — not 62.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+62.7%
Delaware vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+47%
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%
Kentucky
Postsecondary Business Teachers
- Median
- $80,140
- p25
- $59,180
- p75
- $127,800
- p10
- $39,430
- p90
- $175,390
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +20%
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.