State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers salary: District of Columbia vs New Mexico
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers in District of Columbia earn a median of $167,520. In New Mexico, $134,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.4% — not 24.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.5%
District of Columbia vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+4.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
District of Columbia
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers
- Median
- $167,520
- p25
- $101,730
- p75
- $217,750
- p10
- $66,810
- p90
- $304,510
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
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.