State comparison · 2025
Nuclear Engineers salary: Michigan vs New Mexico
Nuclear Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $164,300. In Michigan, $129,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.2% — not 20.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.9%
Michigan vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-24.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Michigan
Nuclear Engineers
- Median
- $129,940
- p25
- $103,680
- p75
- $156,590
- p10
- $80,570
- p90
- $159,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
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.