State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: Colorado vs New Mexico
Electrical Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $158,520. In Colorado, $120,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.9% — not 23.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.8%
Colorado vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-31.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $120,760
- p25
- $98,090
- p75
- $147,040
- p10
- $81,720
- p90
- $177,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -40%
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.