State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: Arizona vs New Mexico
Electrical Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $158,520. In Arizona, $100,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 41.9% — not 36.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-36.6%
Arizona vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-41.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $100,550
- p25
- $82,420
- p75
- $134,300
- p10
- $75,560
- p90
- $165,510
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -61%
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.