State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Business Teachers salary: Delaware vs North Carolina
Postsecondary Business Teachers in Delaware earn a median of $130,370. In North Carolina, $79,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 54.8% — not 63.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+63.8%
Delaware vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+54.8%
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%
North Carolina
Postsecondary Business Teachers
- Median
- $79,600
- p25
- $61,720
- p75
- $131,980
- p10
- $42,480
- p90
- $173,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +50%
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.