State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Arizona vs New Mexico
Materials Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $165,600. In Arizona, $106,810. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40.9% — not 35.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-35.5%
Arizona vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-40.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $106,810
- p25
- $95,930
- p75
- $139,580
- p10
- $81,990
- p90
- $165,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -49%
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.