State comparison · 2025
Education Administrators salary: Connecticut vs New Mexico
Education Administrators in Connecticut earn a median of $156,240. In New Mexico, $107,720. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.1% — not 45%.
Nominal pay gap
+45%
Connecticut vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+29.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Connecticut
Education Administrators
- Median
- $156,240
- p25
- $124,030
- p75
- $171,910
- p10
- $86,840
- p90
- $194,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
New Mexico
Education Administrators
- Median
- $107,720
- p25
- $98,970
- p75
- $129,070
- p10
- $83,860
- p90
- $133,580
- 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.