State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: Delaware vs New Mexico
Electrical Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $158,520. In Delaware, $126,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26% — not 19.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.9%
Delaware vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-26%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $126,970
- p25
- $100,430
- p75
- $141,150
- p10
- $83,600
- p90
- $152,060
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -64%
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.