State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: New Hampshire vs New Mexico
Materials Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $165,600. In New Hampshire, $101,290. After cost-of-living, the gap is 45.9% — not 38.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-38.8%
New Hampshire vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-45.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Hampshire
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $101,290
- p25
- $77,320
- p75
- $121,920
- p10
- $73,660
- p90
- $159,180
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 104.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.