State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Business Teachers salary: Delaware vs Rhode Island
Postsecondary Business Teachers in Delaware earn a median of $130,370. In Rhode Island, $103,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.7% — not 25.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.6%
Delaware vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+28.7%
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%
Rhode Island
Postsecondary Business Teachers
- Median
- $103,820
- p25
- $83,350
- p75
- $162,750
- p10
- $66,110
- p90
- $203,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
- 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.