State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: New Mexico vs Texas
Electrical Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $158,520. In Texas, $129,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29% — not 22.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.5%
New Mexico vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+29%
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%
Texas
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $129,450
- p25
- $95,130
- p75
- $164,730
- p10
- $76,120
- p90
- $210,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -48%
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.