State comparison · 2025
Nuclear Engineers salary: District of Columbia vs New Mexico
Nuclear Engineers in District of Columbia earn a median of $195,190. In New Mexico, $164,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.3% — not 18.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.8%
District of Columbia vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-0.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
District of Columbia
Nuclear Engineers
- Median
- $195,190
- p25
- $164,050
- p75
- $204,940
- p10
- $128,960
- p90
- $207,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
New Mexico
Nuclear Engineers
- Median
- $164,300
- p25
- $134,370
- p75
- $199,020
- p10
- $126,780
- p90
- $242,730
- 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.