State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Maine vs New Mexico
Materials Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $165,600. In Maine, $97,110. After cost-of-living, the gap is 44.3% — not 41.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-41.4%
Maine vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-44.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maine
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $97,110
- p25
- $86,960
- p75
- $119,410
- p10
- $72,130
- p90
- $138,440
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.