State comparison · 2024
Nuclear Engineers salary: Nebraska vs New Mexico
Nuclear Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $164,300. In Nebraska, $149,280. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7% — not 9.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-9.1%
Nebraska vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Nebraska
Nuclear Engineers
- Median
- $149,280
- p25
- $132,490
- p75
- $170,390
- p10
- $96,160
- p90
- $170,390
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.