State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: New Mexico vs Pennsylvania
Electrical Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $158,520. In Pennsylvania, $110,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 51.4% — not 43%.
Nominal pay gap
+43%
New Mexico vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+51.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Mexico
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $158,520
- p25
- $127,540
- p75
- $196,240
- p10
- $102,880
- p90
- $202,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -40%
Pennsylvania
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $110,820
- p25
- $91,390
- p75
- $136,300
- p10
- $77,650
- p90
- $167,260
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -56%
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.