State comparison · 2025
Nuclear Engineers salary: Alabama vs New Mexico
Nuclear Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $164,300. In Alabama, $132,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.2% — not 19.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.3%
Alabama vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-16.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Nuclear Engineers
- Median
- $132,570
- p25
- $125,870
- p75
- $154,920
- p10
- $97,950
- p90
- $161,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
New Mexico
Nuclear Engineers
- Median
- $164,300
- p25
- $134,370
- p75
- $199,020
- p10
- $126,780
- p90
- $242,730
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.