State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Alaska vs New Mexico
Materials Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $165,600. In Alaska, $123,360. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.9% — not 25.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.5%
Alaska vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-32.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $123,360
- p25
- $84,240
- p75
- $134,550
- p10
- $79,970
- p90
- $154,150
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
New Mexico
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $165,600
- p25
- $160,340
- p75
- $197,900
- p10
- $126,640
- p90
- $204,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +171%
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.