State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: New Mexico vs West Virginia
Materials Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $165,600. In West Virginia, $97,960. After cost-of-living, the gap is 64.1% — not 69%.
Nominal pay gap
+69%
New Mexico vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+64.1%
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%
West Virginia
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $97,960
- p25
- $74,980
- p75
- $126,940
- p10
- $55,130
- p90
- $130,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.