State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Idaho vs New Mexico
Materials Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $165,600. In Idaho, $105,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 38.3% — not 36.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-36.1%
Idaho vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-38.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Idaho
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $105,820
- p25
- $60,200
- p75
- $133,030
- p10
- $57,250
- p90
- $154,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.