State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: New Mexico vs New York
Secondary School Teachers in New York earn a median of $97,070. In New Mexico, $75,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.5% — not 21.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.8%
New Mexico vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-8.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Mexico
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $75,900
- p25
- $63,190
- p75
- $79,550
- p10
- $59,330
- p90
- $84,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -42%
New York
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $97,070
- p25
- $76,050
- p75
- $131,980
- p10
- $60,070
- p90
- $136,450
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -36%
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.