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Engineers, All Other pay in New Mexico and North Dakota
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Engineers, All Other is $162,070 per year in New Mexico. It is $100,250 per year in North Dakota. New Mexico is 61.7% above North Dakota on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 17-2199 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 2,190 wage and salary jobs in New Mexico and 220 in North Dakota. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings