State comparison · 2025
Mechanical Engineers salary: New Mexico vs Wyoming
Mechanical Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $157,710. In Wyoming, $117,750. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.7% — not 33.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+33.9%
New Mexico vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
+34.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Mexico
Mechanical Engineers
- Median
- $157,710
- p25
- $128,080
- p75
- $162,880
- p10
- $103,780
- p90
- $203,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -87%
Wyoming
Mechanical Engineers
- Median
- $117,750
- p25
- $100,060
- p75
- $140,600
- p10
- $71,730
- p90
- $151,810
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.