State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Montana vs New Mexico
Materials Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $165,600. In Montana, $76,030. After cost-of-living, the gap is 55.3% — not 54.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-54.1%
Montana vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-55.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Montana
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $76,030
- p25
- $63,500
- p75
- $93,560
- p10
- $59,860
- p90
- $104,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.