State comparison · 2025
Chemical Engineers salary: New Mexico vs Texas
Chemical Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $158,190. In Texas, $132,750. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.5% — not 19.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+19.2%
New Mexico vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+25.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Mexico
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $158,190
- p25
- $110,420
- p75
- $189,260
- p10
- $76,540
- p90
- $205,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
Texas
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $132,750
- p25
- $106,910
- p75
- $167,750
- p10
- $86,920
- p90
- $210,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -43%
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.