State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Louisiana vs New Mexico
Materials Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $165,600. In Louisiana, $128,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.8% — not 22.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.3%
Louisiana vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-18.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Louisiana
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $128,670
- p25
- $92,470
- p75
- $155,830
- p10
- $80,860
- p90
- $171,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
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.