State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Business Teachers salary: Delaware vs Tennessee
Postsecondary Business Teachers in Delaware earn a median of $130,370. In Tennessee, $85,950. After cost-of-living, the gap is 39.7% — not 51.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+51.7%
Delaware vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+39.7%
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%
Tennessee
Postsecondary Business Teachers
- Median
- $85,950
- p25
- $65,060
- p75
- $132,980
- p10
- $53,780
- p90
- $169,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -47%
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.