State comparison · 2025
Mechanical Engineers salary: Colorado vs Texas
Mechanical Engineers in Colorado earn a median of $124,430. In Texas, $112,410. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.3% — not 10.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+10.7%
Colorado vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+4.3%
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)
- -67%
Texas
Mechanical Engineers
- Median
- $112,410
- p25
- $91,420
- p75
- $145,090
- p10
- $75,810
- p90
- $175,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -54%
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.