State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: New Mexico vs Pennsylvania
Materials Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $165,600. In Pennsylvania, $98,030. After cost-of-living, the gap is 78.8% — not 68.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+68.9%
New Mexico vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+78.8%
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%
Pennsylvania
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $98,030
- p25
- $76,760
- p75
- $128,360
- p10
- $62,790
- p90
- $173,530
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.