State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Massachusetts vs New Mexico
Materials Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $165,600. In Massachusetts, $114,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40% — not 31.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-31.1%
Massachusetts vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-40%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $114,100
- p25
- $96,930
- p75
- $142,960
- p10
- $77,980
- p90
- $167,180
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -59%
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.