State comparison · 2024
Nuclear Engineers salary: Minnesota vs New Mexico
Nuclear Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $164,300. In Minnesota, $150,260. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.5% — not 8.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-8.5%
Minnesota vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-14.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Minnesota
Nuclear Engineers
- Median
- $150,260
- p25
- $126,760
- p75
- $157,560
- p10
- $116,680
- p90
- $203,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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 2024. 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.