State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Iowa vs New Mexico
Materials Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $165,600. In Iowa, $64,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 59.2% — not 61.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-61.2%
Iowa vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-59.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $64,270
- p25
- $62,390
- p75
- $98,730
- p10
- $62,390
- p90
- $115,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.