State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: Illinois vs New Mexico
Electrical Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $158,520. In Illinois, $107,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37.3% — not 32%.
Nominal pay gap
-32%
Illinois vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-37.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $107,860
- p25
- $87,360
- p75
- $131,960
- p10
- $75,470
- p90
- $164,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -49%
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.