State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: New Mexico vs Texas
Materials Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $165,600. In Texas, $117,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 48.2% — not 40.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+40.7%
New Mexico vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+48.2%
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%
Texas
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $117,700
- p25
- $84,700
- p75
- $160,260
- p10
- $67,690
- p90
- $187,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -53%
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.