State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: Idaho vs New Mexico
Electrical Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $158,520. In Idaho, $129,340. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.2% — not 18.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.4%
Idaho vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-21.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Idaho
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $129,340
- p25
- $101,160
- p75
- $154,900
- p10
- $77,070
- p90
- $165,410
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -70%
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.