State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Arkansas vs Washington
Materials Engineers in Washington earn a median of $139,840. In Arkansas, $103,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.5% — not 25.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.7%
Arkansas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-8.5%
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%
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.