State comparison · 2025
Mechanical Engineers salary: Colorado vs District of Columbia
Mechanical Engineers in District of Columbia earn a median of $133,300. In Colorado, $124,430. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.5% — not 6.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-6.7%
Colorado vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-0.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Mechanical Engineers
- Median
- $124,430
- p25
- $95,710
- p75
- $149,790
- p10
- $75,100
- p90
- $170,810
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -73%
District of Columbia
Mechanical Engineers
- Median
- $133,300
- p25
- $107,300
- p75
- $166,360
- p10
- $86,820
- p90
- $195,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
- 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.