State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: Hawaii vs New Mexico
Electrical Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $158,520. In Hawaii, $106,350. After cost-of-living, the gap is 43.8% — not 32.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-32.9%
Hawaii vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-43.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Hawaii
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $106,350
- p25
- $78,810
- p75
- $130,360
- p10
- $73,890
- p90
- $156,580
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -29%
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.