State comparison · 2025
Nuclear Engineers salary: New Mexico vs Texas
Nuclear Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $164,300. In Texas, $128,340. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.8% — not 28%.
Nominal pay gap
+28%
New Mexico vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+34.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Mexico
Nuclear Engineers
- Median
- $164,300
- p25
- $134,370
- p75
- $199,020
- p10
- $126,780
- p90
- $242,730
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
Texas
Nuclear Engineers
- Median
- $128,340
- p25
- $101,980
- p75
- $155,830
- p10
- $83,250
- p90
- $170,600
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.