State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Florida vs New Mexico
Materials Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $165,600. In Florida, $118,780. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36% — not 28.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-28.3%
Florida vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-36%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Florida
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $118,780
- p25
- $91,150
- p75
- $138,430
- p10
- $73,370
- p90
- $166,490
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +250%
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.