State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: California vs Maryland
Materials Engineers in Maryland earn a median of $140,640. In California, $128,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.4% — not 8.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-8.7%
California vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-13.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $128,470
- p25
- $103,250
- p75
- $157,980
- p10
- $82,460
- p90
- $183,880
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -45%
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.