State comparison · 2025
Nuclear Engineers salary: New Mexico vs North Carolina
Nuclear Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $164,300. In North Carolina, $131,850. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.4% — not 24.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.6%
New Mexico vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+27.4%
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%
North Carolina
Nuclear Engineers
- Median
- $131,850
- p25
- $123,720
- p75
- $161,310
- p10
- $96,300
- p90
- $166,200
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
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.