State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: New Mexico vs Utah
Materials Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $165,600. In Utah, $88,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 101.7% — not 88%.
Nominal pay gap
+88%
New Mexico vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
+101.7%
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%
Utah
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $88,080
- p25
- $73,880
- p75
- $115,670
- p10
- $69,180
- p90
- $140,620
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -40%
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.