State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: Alabama vs New Mexico
Electrical Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $158,520. In Alabama, $125,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.7% — not 20.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.7%
Alabama vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-17.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $125,630
- p25
- $98,220
- p75
- $153,280
- p10
- $77,840
- p90
- $180,220
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -71%
New Mexico
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $158,520
- p25
- $127,540
- p75
- $196,240
- p10
- $102,880
- p90
- $202,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -40%
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.