State comparison · 2025
Mechanical Engineers salary: Mississippi vs New Mexico
Mechanical Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $157,710. In Mississippi, $98,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.1% — not 37.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-37.9%
Mississippi vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-34.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Mechanical Engineers
- Median
- $98,000
- p25
- $75,510
- p75
- $127,410
- p10
- $62,210
- p90
- $136,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -30%
New Mexico
Mechanical Engineers
- Median
- $157,710
- p25
- $128,080
- p75
- $162,880
- p10
- $103,780
- p90
- $203,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -87%
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.