State comparison · 2025
Chemical Engineers salary: New Mexico vs Pennsylvania
Chemical Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $158,190. In Pennsylvania, $116,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 43.2% — not 35.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.2%
New Mexico vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+43.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Mexico
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $158,190
- p25
- $110,420
- p75
- $189,260
- p10
- $76,540
- p90
- $205,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
Pennsylvania
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $116,970
- p25
- $91,520
- p75
- $168,060
- p10
- $79,940
- p90
- $177,510
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -62%
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.