State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Georgia vs New Mexico
Materials Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $165,600. In Georgia, $100,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 41.7% — not 39.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-39.1%
Georgia vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-41.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Georgia
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $100,840
- p25
- $80,180
- p75
- $129,740
- p10
- $71,830
- p90
- $159,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -83%
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.