State comparison · 2025
Nuclear Engineers salary: New Mexico vs Pennsylvania
Nuclear Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $164,300. In Pennsylvania, $133,250. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.5% — not 23.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.3%
New Mexico vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+30.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Mexico
Nuclear Engineers
- Median
- $164,300
- p25
- $134,370
- p75
- $199,020
- p10
- $126,780
- p90
- $242,730
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
Pennsylvania
Nuclear Engineers
- Median
- $133,250
- p25
- $103,680
- p75
- $162,100
- p10
- $83,250
- p90
- $167,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.