State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: New Mexico vs Oregon
Materials Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $165,600. In Oregon, $122,850. After cost-of-living, the gap is 51.2% — not 34.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+34.8%
New Mexico vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
+51.2%
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%
Oregon
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $122,850
- p25
- $98,670
- p75
- $147,420
- p10
- $79,040
- p90
- $162,600
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +82%
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.