State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Business Teachers salary: Louisiana vs Montana
Postsecondary Business Teachers in Louisiana earn a median of $129,040. In Montana, $81,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 69.8% — not 58.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+58.4%
Louisiana vs Montana
COL-adjusted gap
+69.8%
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%
Montana
Postsecondary Business Teachers
- Median
- $81,490
- p25
- $62,520
- p75
- $129,880
- p10
- $50,890
- p90
- $199,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.