State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: Arkansas vs New Mexico
Electrical Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $158,520. In Arkansas, $96,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.2% — not 38.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-38.9%
Arkansas vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-35.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $96,860
- p25
- $79,520
- p75
- $115,810
- p10
- $67,920
- p90
- $136,770
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -17%
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.