State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Business Teachers salary: Louisiana vs Virginia
Postsecondary Business Teachers in Louisiana earn a median of $129,040. In Virginia, $103,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 42.4% — not 24.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.2%
Louisiana vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+42.4%
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%
Virginia
Postsecondary Business Teachers
- Median
- $103,860
- p25
- $64,450
- p75
- $177,770
- p10
- $47,680
- p90
- $234,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.