State comparison · 2025
Nuclear Engineers salary: Illinois vs New Mexico
Nuclear Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $164,300. In Illinois, $134,510. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.5% — not 18.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.1%
Illinois vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-24.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Nuclear Engineers
- Median
- $134,510
- p25
- $112,260
- p75
- $162,440
- p10
- $102,890
- p90
- $171,060
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
New Mexico
Nuclear Engineers
- Median
- $164,300
- p25
- $134,370
- p75
- $199,020
- p10
- $126,780
- p90
- $242,730
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.