State comparison · 2025
Petroleum Engineers salary: Colorado vs New Mexico
Petroleum Engineers in Colorado earn a median of $172,190. In New Mexico, $99,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 54.1% — not 72.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+72.4%
Colorado vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+54.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Petroleum Engineers
- Median
- $172,190
- p25
- $112,070
- p75
- $214,220
- p10
- $92,590
- p90
- $264,960
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
New Mexico
Petroleum Engineers
- Median
- $99,900
- p25
- $93,200
- p75
- $127,490
- p10
- $76,140
- p90
- $151,750
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.