State comparison · 2025
Tax Examiners and Collectors salary: Arizona vs New Mexico
Tax Examiners and Collectors in Arizona earn a median of $92,680. In New Mexico, $56,260. After cost-of-living, the gap is 50.8% — not 64.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+64.7%
Arizona vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+50.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Tax Examiners and Collectors
- Median
- $92,680
- p25
- $65,000
- p75
- $113,900
- p10
- $53,900
- p90
- $124,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
New Mexico
Tax Examiners and Collectors
- Median
- $56,260
- p25
- $49,570
- p75
- $62,380
- p10
- $45,930
- p90
- $79,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.