State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Mississippi vs New Mexico
Materials Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $165,600. In Mississippi, $78,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 49.6% — not 52.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-52.5%
Mississippi vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-49.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $78,700
- p25
- $72,620
- p75
- $126,050
- p10
- $62,000
- p90
- $150,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.