State comparison · 2025
Nuclear Engineers salary: New Mexico vs Virginia
Nuclear Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $164,300. In Virginia, $128,890. After cost-of-living, the gap is 39.8% — not 27.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.5%
New Mexico vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+39.8%
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%
Virginia
Nuclear Engineers
- Median
- $128,890
- p25
- $98,920
- p75
- $164,010
- p10
- $81,480
- p90
- $192,350
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
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.