State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Business Teachers salary: Delaware vs New Mexico
Postsecondary Business Teachers in Delaware earn a median of $130,370. In New Mexico, $83,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 43.4% — not 55.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+55.2%
Delaware vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+43.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Postsecondary Business Teachers
- Median
- $130,370
- p25
- $79,650
- p75
- $167,870
- p10
- $54,830
- p90
- $207,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -71%
New Mexico
Postsecondary Business Teachers
- Median
- $83,980
- p25
- $51,030
- p75
- $135,750
- p10
- $42,680
- p90
- $173,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -85%
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.