State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: New Mexico vs South Carolina
Electrical Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $158,520. In South Carolina, $98,440. After cost-of-living, the gap is 63.7% — not 61%.
Nominal pay gap
+61%
New Mexico vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+63.7%
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%
South Carolina
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $98,440
- p25
- $75,540
- p75
- $128,060
- p10
- $69,260
- p90
- $156,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -69%
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.