State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Business Teachers salary: Louisiana vs Mississippi
Postsecondary Business Teachers in Louisiana earn a median of $129,040. In Mississippi, $75,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 68.2% — not 70.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+70.5%
Louisiana vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+68.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Mississippi
Postsecondary Business Teachers
- Median
- $75,680
- p25
- $56,330
- p75
- $107,940
- p10
- $34,450
- p90
- $159,370
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.