State comparison · 2025
Nuclear Engineers salary: Florida vs New Mexico
Nuclear Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $164,300. In Florida, $135,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.5% — not 17.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.6%
Florida vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-26.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Florida
Nuclear Engineers
- Median
- $135,400
- p25
- $110,810
- p75
- $160,990
- p10
- $90,000
- p90
- $188,720
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.