State comparison · 2025
Chemical Engineers salary: New Mexico vs Wisconsin
Chemical Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $158,190. In Wisconsin, $97,660. After cost-of-living, the gap is 65.3% — not 62%.
Nominal pay gap
+62%
New Mexico vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+65.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Mexico
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $158,190
- p25
- $110,420
- p75
- $189,260
- p10
- $76,540
- p90
- $205,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
Wisconsin
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $97,660
- p25
- $74,700
- p75
- $119,500
- p10
- $60,740
- p90
- $131,410
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- 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.