State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: New Mexico vs North Carolina
Materials Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $165,600. In North Carolina, $104,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 62.5% — not 58.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+58.9%
New Mexico vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+62.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
North Carolina
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $104,240
- p25
- $86,400
- p75
- $127,560
- p10
- $78,160
- p90
- $153,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -56%
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.