State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: Kentucky vs New Mexico
Electrical Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $158,520. In Kentucky, $98,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.5% — not 37.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-37.8%
Kentucky vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-36.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $98,550
- p25
- $77,290
- p75
- $117,150
- p10
- $63,270
- p90
- $138,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -8%
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.