State comparison · 2025
Mechanical Engineers salary: Missouri vs New Mexico
Mechanical Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $157,710. In Missouri, $99,330. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36% — not 37%.
Nominal pay gap
-37%
Missouri vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-36%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Missouri
Mechanical Engineers
- Median
- $99,330
- p25
- $79,540
- p75
- $120,990
- p10
- $64,750
- p90
- $142,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -56%
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.