State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: Nebraska vs New Mexico
Electrical Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $158,520. In Nebraska, $107,260. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.8% — not 32.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-32.3%
Nebraska vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-30.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Nebraska
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $107,260
- p25
- $83,790
- p75
- $125,830
- p10
- $66,820
- p90
- $135,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.