State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Business Teachers salary: Hawaii vs Louisiana
Postsecondary Business Teachers in Louisiana earn a median of $129,040. In Hawaii, $76,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 52.2% — not 40.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-40.4%
Hawaii vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
-52.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Hawaii
Postsecondary Business Teachers
- Median
- $76,860
- p25
- $40,220
- p75
- $102,100
- p10
- $39,710
- p90
- $139,370
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
Louisiana
Postsecondary Business Teachers
- Median
- $129,040
- p25
- $81,690
- p75
- $176,570
- p10
- $58,030
- p90
- $218,880
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -57%
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.