State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers salary: California vs New Mexico
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers in California earn a median of $165,110. In New Mexico, $134,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.2% — not 22.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.7%
California vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+2.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers
- Median
- $165,110
- p25
- $99,960
- p75
- $357,220
- p10
- $65,510
- p90
- $381,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -45%
New Mexico
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers
- Median
- $134,600
- p25
- $81,590
- p75
- $355,560
- p10
- $42,680
- p90
- $355,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -93%
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.