State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: New Mexico vs Wisconsin
Materials Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $165,600. In Wisconsin, $96,210. After cost-of-living, the gap is 75.7% — not 72.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+72.1%
New Mexico vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+75.7%
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%
Wisconsin
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $96,210
- p25
- $76,330
- p75
- $109,610
- p10
- $65,160
- p90
- $127,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.