State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Business Teachers salary: Delaware vs Mississippi
Postsecondary Business Teachers in Delaware earn a median of $130,370. In Mississippi, $75,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 50.2% — not 72.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+72.3%
Delaware vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+50.2%
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%
Mississippi
Postsecondary Business Teachers
- Median
- $75,680
- p25
- $56,330
- p75
- $107,940
- p10
- $34,450
- p90
- $159,370
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.