State comparison · 2025
Nuclear Engineers salary: Maine vs New Mexico
Nuclear Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $164,300. In Maine, $123,780. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.5% — not 24.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.7%
Maine vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-28.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maine
Nuclear Engineers
- Median
- $123,780
- p25
- $110,410
- p75
- $139,240
- p10
- $78,440
- p90
- $147,200
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
New Mexico
Nuclear Engineers
- Median
- $164,300
- p25
- $134,370
- p75
- $199,020
- p10
- $126,780
- p90
- $242,730
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.