State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: New Mexico vs Tennessee
Materials Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $165,600. In Tennessee, $91,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 79.5% — not 80.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+80.1%
New Mexico vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+79.5%
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%
Tennessee
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $91,940
- p25
- $79,700
- p75
- $122,790
- p10
- $63,760
- p90
- $149,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -40%
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.