State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Business Teachers salary: Louisiana vs New Jersey
Postsecondary Business Teachers in Louisiana earn a median of $129,040. In New Jersey, $85,250. After cost-of-living, the gap is 86.7% — not 51.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+51.4%
Louisiana vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+86.7%
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%
New Jersey
Postsecondary Business Teachers
- Median
- $85,250
- p25
- $52,750
- p75
- $137,070
- p10
- $32,220
- p90
- $179,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -32%
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.