State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: New Jersey vs New Mexico
Electrical Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $158,520. In New Jersey, $125,370. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33% — not 20.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.9%
New Jersey vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-33%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Jersey
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $125,370
- p25
- $98,510
- p75
- $147,640
- p10
- $80,630
- p90
- $174,450
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -62%
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.