State comparison · 2025
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors salary: Kansas vs New Mexico
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors in New Mexico earn a median of $74,100. In Kansas, $59,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.9% — not 19.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.7%
Kansas vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-17.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors
- Median
- $59,470
- p25
- $44,370
- p75
- $73,630
- p10
- $37,910
- p90
- $85,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.