State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Arkansas vs Maryland
Materials Engineers in Maryland earn a median of $140,640. In Arkansas, $103,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.7% — not 26.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-26.1%
Arkansas vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-10.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $103,900
- p25
- $100,560
- p75
- $125,370
- p10
- $80,120
- p90
- $159,440
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -83%
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.