State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Michigan vs New Mexico
Materials Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $165,600. In Michigan, $94,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 45.6% — not 43.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-43.2%
Michigan vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-45.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Michigan
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $94,050
- p25
- $75,010
- p75
- $123,180
- p10
- $62,640
- p90
- $139,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -55%
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.