State comparison · 2025
Nuclear Engineers salary: New Mexico vs New York
Nuclear Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $164,300. In New York, $141,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.2% — not 16.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+16.4%
New Mexico vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+36.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Mexico
Nuclear Engineers
- Median
- $164,300
- p25
- $134,370
- p75
- $199,020
- p10
- $126,780
- p90
- $242,730
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
New York
Nuclear Engineers
- Median
- $141,200
- p25
- $137,260
- p75
- $162,690
- p10
- $114,610
- p90
- $204,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.