State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Alaska vs Maryland
Materials Engineers in Maryland earn a median of $140,640. In Alaska, $123,360. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.1% — not 12.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-12.3%
Alaska vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-10.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $123,360
- p25
- $84,240
- p75
- $134,550
- p10
- $79,970
- p90
- $154,150
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
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.