State comparison · 2025
Nuclear Engineers salary: New Mexico vs South Carolina
Nuclear Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $164,300. In South Carolina, $126,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.9% — not 29.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.8%
New Mexico vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+31.9%
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%
South Carolina
Nuclear Engineers
- Median
- $126,570
- p25
- $104,730
- p75
- $138,250
- p10
- $83,970
- p90
- $159,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.