State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Connecticut vs New Mexico
Materials Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $165,600. In Connecticut, $122,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.3% — not 26.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-26.1%
Connecticut vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-34.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Connecticut
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $122,300
- p25
- $104,420
- p75
- $137,130
- p10
- $88,330
- p90
- $155,440
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -25%
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.