State comparison · 2025
Nuclear Engineers salary: New Mexico vs Wisconsin
Nuclear Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $164,300. In Wisconsin, $93,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 80.2% — not 76.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+76.5%
New Mexico vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+80.2%
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%
Wisconsin
Nuclear Engineers
- Median
- $93,080
- p25
- $87,750
- p75
- $125,000
- p10
- $80,760
- p90
- $159,960
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
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.