State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: Kansas vs New Mexico
Electrical Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $158,520. In Kansas, $102,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.7% — not 35.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-35.3%
Kansas vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-33.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $102,630
- p25
- $82,900
- p75
- $128,920
- p10
- $72,230
- p90
- $159,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -29%
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.