State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: New Mexico vs Wisconsin
Electrical Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $158,520. In Wisconsin, $99,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 62.3% — not 59%.
Nominal pay gap
+59%
New Mexico vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+62.3%
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%
Wisconsin
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $99,700
- p25
- $82,200
- p75
- $123,120
- p10
- $74,850
- p90
- $132,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -44%
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.