State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: New Mexico vs South Carolina
Materials Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $165,600. In South Carolina, $121,610. After cost-of-living, the gap is 38.4% — not 36.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+36.2%
New Mexico vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+38.4%
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%
South Carolina
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $121,610
- p25
- $92,240
- p75
- $131,080
- p10
- $75,550
- p90
- $158,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -57%
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.