State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Arizona vs Maryland
Materials Engineers in Maryland earn a median of $140,640. In Arizona, $106,810. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.8% — not 24.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.1%
Arizona vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-20.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $106,810
- p25
- $95,930
- p75
- $139,580
- p10
- $81,990
- p90
- $165,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -49%
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.