State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: New Mexico vs Tennessee
Electrical Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $158,520. In Tennessee, $104,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 51.3% — not 51.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+51.8%
New Mexico vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+51.3%
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%
Tennessee
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $104,450
- p25
- $84,220
- p75
- $132,050
- p10
- $73,850
- p90
- $166,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -89%
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.