State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Indiana vs New Mexico
Materials Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $165,600. In Indiana, $101,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 39.7% — not 38.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-38.9%
Indiana vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-39.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Indiana
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $101,120
- p25
- $77,690
- p75
- $127,230
- p10
- $67,430
- p90
- $131,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -8%
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.