State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: Nevada vs New Mexico
Electrical Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $158,520. In Nevada, $107,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37.5% — not 32.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-32.2%
Nevada vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-37.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Nevada
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $107,400
- p25
- $86,390
- p75
- $135,660
- p10
- $77,000
- p90
- $167,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -61%
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.