State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: Alaska vs New Mexico
Electrical Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $158,520. In Alaska, $125,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.4% — not 20.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.5%
Alaska vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-28.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $125,970
- p25
- $96,210
- p75
- $137,840
- p10
- $82,360
- p90
- $177,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
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.