State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: Montana vs New Mexico
Electrical Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $158,520. In Montana, $87,360. After cost-of-living, the gap is 46.3% — not 44.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-44.9%
Montana vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-46.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Montana
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $87,360
- p25
- $76,400
- p75
- $112,760
- p10
- $72,910
- p90
- $133,180
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
New Mexico
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $158,520
- p25
- $127,540
- p75
- $196,240
- p10
- $102,880
- p90
- $202,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -40%
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.