State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Hawaii vs New Mexico
Materials Engineers salary data is not published by BLS for one of these states (small-cell suppression). See the per-state pages below for what coverage exists.
Hawaii
Materials Engineers
- Median
- —
- p25
- —
- p75
- —
- p10
- —
- p90
- —
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.0
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.