State comparison · 2025
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors salary: Delaware vs New Mexico
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors in New Mexico earn a median of $74,100. In Delaware, $56,020. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.2% — not 24.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.4%
Delaware vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-30.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors
- Median
- $56,020
- p25
- $43,760
- p75
- $64,790
- p10
- $36,940
- p90
- $80,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
New Mexico
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors
- Median
- $74,100
- p25
- $60,300
- p75
- $89,800
- p10
- $48,900
- p90
- $113,420
- 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.