State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Business Teachers salary: Louisiana vs New Mexico
Postsecondary Business Teachers in Louisiana earn a median of $129,040. In New Mexico, $83,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 60.6% — not 53.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+53.7%
Louisiana vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+60.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Louisiana
Postsecondary Business Teachers
- Median
- $129,040
- p25
- $81,690
- p75
- $176,570
- p10
- $58,030
- p90
- $218,880
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -57%
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.