State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: Maine vs New Mexico
Electrical Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $158,520. In Maine, $114,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.3% — not 27.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-27.7%
Maine vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-31.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maine
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $114,620
- p25
- $97,590
- p75
- $133,580
- p10
- $78,930
- p90
- $161,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.