State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Minnesota vs New Mexico
Materials Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $165,600. In Minnesota, $106,220. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40% — not 35.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-35.9%
Minnesota vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-40%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Minnesota
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $106,220
- p25
- $100,690
- p75
- $147,630
- p10
- $84,760
- p90
- $175,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +75%
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.