State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: Iowa vs New Mexico
Electrical Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $158,520. In Iowa, $105,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.9% — not 33.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-33.2%
Iowa vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-29.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $105,820
- p25
- $93,980
- p75
- $127,530
- p10
- $76,720
- p90
- $155,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -64%
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.