State comparison · 2025
Nuclear Engineers salary: Massachusetts vs New Mexico
Nuclear Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $164,300. In Massachusetts, $145,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.7% — not 11.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-11.3%
Massachusetts vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-22.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Nuclear Engineers
- Median
- $145,760
- p25
- $103,790
- p75
- $161,620
- p10
- $67,750
- p90
- $174,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.