State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Nevada vs New Mexico
Materials Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $165,600. In Nevada, $99,010. After cost-of-living, the gap is 44.9% — not 40.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-40.2%
Nevada vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-44.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Nevada
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $99,010
- p25
- $85,380
- p75
- $131,980
- p10
- $66,150
- p90
- $155,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -57%
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.