State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: New Mexico vs Oklahoma
Materials Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $165,600. In Oklahoma, $99,950. After cost-of-living, the gap is 57.8% — not 65.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+65.7%
New Mexico vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
+57.8%
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%
Oklahoma
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $99,950
- p25
- $78,290
- p75
- $120,580
- p10
- $54,990
- p90
- $150,640
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.