State comparison · 2025
Mechanical Engineers salary: Kansas vs New Mexico
Mechanical Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $157,710. In Kansas, $86,260. After cost-of-living, the gap is 44% — not 45.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-45.3%
Kansas vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-44%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Mechanical Engineers
- Median
- $86,260
- p25
- $79,350
- p75
- $104,890
- p10
- $72,210
- p90
- $131,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -54%
New Mexico
Mechanical Engineers
- Median
- $157,710
- p25
- $128,080
- p75
- $162,880
- p10
- $103,780
- p90
- $203,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -87%
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.