State comparison · 2025
Customer Service Representatives salary: California vs New Mexico
Customer Service Representatives in California earn a median of $49,560. In New Mexico, $39,030. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.8% — not 27%.
Nominal pay gap
+27%
California vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+5.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Customer Service Representatives
- Median
- $49,560
- p25
- $44,200
- p75
- $61,510
- p10
- $38,110
- p90
- $75,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
New Mexico
Customer Service Representatives
- Median
- $39,030
- p25
- $35,890
- p75
- $47,070
- p10
- $31,060
- p90
- $56,480
- 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.