State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: New Mexico vs Utah
Electrical Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $158,520. In Utah, $105,720. After cost-of-living, the gap is 60.8% — not 49.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+49.9%
New Mexico vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
+60.8%
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%
Utah
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $105,720
- p25
- $86,850
- p75
- $141,020
- p10
- $77,100
- p90
- $171,580
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.