State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Alabama vs Maryland
Materials Engineers in Maryland earn a median of $140,640. In Alabama, $107,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.6% — not 23.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.5%
Alabama vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-9.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $107,580
- p25
- $83,880
- p75
- $137,620
- p10
- $69,260
- p90
- $168,580
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -60%
Maryland
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $140,640
- p25
- $109,970
- p75
- $173,720
- p10
- $79,470
- p90
- $195,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.