State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: Connecticut vs New Mexico
Electrical Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $158,520. In Connecticut, $104,160. After cost-of-living, the gap is 41.5% — not 34.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-34.3%
Connecticut vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-41.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Connecticut
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $104,160
- p25
- $85,930
- p75
- $135,230
- p10
- $82,300
- p90
- $162,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -52%
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.