State comparison · 2024
Nuclear Engineers salary: Missouri vs New Mexico
Nuclear Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $164,300. In Missouri, $126,010. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.1% — not 23.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.3%
Missouri vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-22.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Missouri
Nuclear Engineers
- Median
- $126,010
- p25
- $104,210
- p75
- $126,010
- p10
- $90,670
- p90
- $158,960
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.