State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Kentucky vs New Mexico
Materials Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $165,600. In Kentucky, $100,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37.9% — not 39.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-39.2%
Kentucky vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-37.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $100,620
- p25
- $96,300
- p75
- $119,280
- p10
- $84,610
- p90
- $132,800
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +40%
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.