State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: New Mexico vs Ohio
Materials Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $165,600. In Ohio, $106,510. After cost-of-living, the gap is 56.5% — not 55.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+55.5%
New Mexico vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+56.5%
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%
Ohio
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $106,510
- p25
- $84,560
- p75
- $142,020
- p10
- $76,030
- p90
- $169,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -70%
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.