State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Business Teachers salary: Louisiana vs Tennessee
Postsecondary Business Teachers in Louisiana earn a median of $129,040. In Tennessee, $85,950. After cost-of-living, the gap is 56.4% — not 50.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+50.1%
Louisiana vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+56.4%
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%
Tennessee
Postsecondary Business Teachers
- Median
- $85,950
- p25
- $65,060
- p75
- $132,980
- p10
- $53,780
- p90
- $169,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -47%
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.