State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Alabama vs Washington
Materials Engineers in Washington earn a median of $139,840. In Alabama, $107,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.3% — not 23.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.1%
Alabama vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-7.3%
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%
Washington
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $139,840
- p25
- $122,960
- p75
- $176,290
- p10
- $92,570
- p90
- $199,250
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -89%
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.