State comparison · 2025
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors salary: Mississippi vs New Mexico
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors in New Mexico earn a median of $74,100. In Mississippi, $46,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.8% — not 36.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-36.6%
Mississippi vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-32.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors
- Median
- $46,990
- p25
- $38,760
- p75
- $58,560
- p10
- $32,770
- p90
- $77,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.