State comparison · 2025
Elementary School Teachers salary: California vs New Mexico
Elementary School Teachers in California earn a median of $99,650. In New Mexico, $74,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.3% — not 33.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+33.7%
California vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+11.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $99,650
- p25
- $77,140
- p75
- $119,970
- p10
- $61,940
- p90
- $127,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -35%
New Mexico
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $74,550
- p25
- $62,680
- p75
- $78,060
- p10
- $58,120
- p90
- $86,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.