State comparison · 2025
Mechanical Engineers salary: Colorado vs New Mexico
Mechanical Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $157,710. In Colorado, $124,430. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.4% — not 21.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.1%
Colorado vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-29.4%
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%
New Mexico
Mechanical Engineers
- Median
- $157,710
- p25
- $128,080
- p75
- $162,880
- p10
- $103,780
- p90
- $203,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -87%
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.