State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Arizona vs Washington
Materials Engineers in Washington earn a median of $139,840. In Arizona, $106,810. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.8% — not 23.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.6%
Arizona vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-18.8%
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%
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.