State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: Michigan vs New Mexico
Electrical Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $158,520. In Michigan, $106,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.9% — not 33.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-33.1%
Michigan vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-35.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Michigan
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $106,070
- p25
- $87,080
- p75
- $132,440
- p10
- $75,880
- p90
- $159,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -41%
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.