State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Business Teachers salary: Louisiana vs Rhode Island
Postsecondary Business Teachers in Louisiana earn a median of $129,040. In Rhode Island, $103,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 44.2% — not 24.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.3%
Louisiana vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+44.2%
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%
Rhode Island
Postsecondary Business Teachers
- Median
- $103,820
- p25
- $83,350
- p75
- $162,750
- p10
- $66,110
- p90
- $203,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
- 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.