State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Arkansas vs New Mexico
Materials Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $165,600. In Arkansas, $103,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.4% — not 37.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-37.3%
Arkansas vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-33.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $103,900
- p25
- $100,560
- p75
- $125,370
- p10
- $80,120
- p90
- $159,440
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -83%
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.