State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: Maryland vs New Mexico
Electrical Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $158,520. In Maryland, $125,150. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.7% — not 21.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.1%
Maryland vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-30.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maryland
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $125,150
- p25
- $96,740
- p75
- $164,080
- p10
- $76,650
- p90
- $194,810
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -77%
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.