State comparison · 2025
Nuclear Engineers salary: Maryland vs New Mexico
Nuclear Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $164,300. In Maryland, $157,960. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.6% — not 3.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-3.9%
Maryland vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-15.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maryland
Nuclear Engineers
- Median
- $157,960
- p25
- $127,870
- p75
- $190,470
- p10
- $103,990
- p90
- $207,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
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.