State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Business Teachers salary: Delaware vs West Virginia
Postsecondary Business Teachers in Delaware earn a median of $130,370. In West Virginia, $104,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.9% — not 24.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.8%
Delaware vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+11.9%
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%
West Virginia
Postsecondary Business Teachers
- Median
- $104,480
- p25
- $77,240
- p75
- $161,640
- p10
- $56,670
- p90
- $206,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.