State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers salary: South Dakota vs Utah
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers in Utah earn a median of $168,060. In South Dakota, $78,720. After cost-of-living, the gap is 47.7% — not 53.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-53.2%
South Dakota vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
-47.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
South Dakota
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers
- Median
- $78,720
- p25
- $64,110
- p75
- $104,950
- p10
- $59,270
- p90
- $134,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
Utah
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers
- Median
- $168,060
- p25
- $80,870
- p75
- $214,350
- p10
- $53,400
- p90
- $331,930
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -20%
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.