State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Colorado vs New Mexico
Materials Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $165,600. In Colorado, $124,030. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33% — not 25.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.1%
Colorado vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-33%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $124,030
- p25
- $94,640
- p75
- $164,630
- p10
- $64,710
- p90
- $180,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.