State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: California vs New Mexico
Middle School Teachers in California earn a median of $98,950. In New Mexico, $75,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.5% — not 31.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.5%
California vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+9.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $98,950
- p25
- $76,270
- p75
- $111,610
- p10
- $62,410
- p90
- $129,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
New Mexico
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $75,240
- p25
- $64,080
- p75
- $77,640
- p10
- $61,630
- p90
- $82,880
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -10%
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.