State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Business Teachers salary: Illinois vs Louisiana
Postsecondary Business Teachers in Louisiana earn a median of $129,040. In Illinois, $94,770. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.2% — not 26.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-26.6%
Illinois vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
-35.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Postsecondary Business Teachers
- Median
- $94,770
- p25
- $58,130
- p75
- $141,710
- p10
- $37,590
- p90
- $215,800
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -42%
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.