State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: New Jersey vs New Mexico
Materials Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $165,600. In New Jersey, $106,920. After cost-of-living, the gap is 45.3% — not 35.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-35.4%
New Jersey vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-45.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Jersey
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $106,920
- p25
- $93,450
- p75
- $138,210
- p10
- $82,120
- p90
- $170,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.