State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: New Mexico vs Wyoming
Materials Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $165,600. In Wyoming, $110,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 50% — not 49.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+49.2%
New Mexico vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
+50%
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%
Wyoming
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $110,970
- p25
- $81,950
- p75
- $119,590
- p10
- $65,250
- p90
- $120,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.7
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.