State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Colorado vs Maryland
Materials Engineers in Maryland earn a median of $140,640. In Colorado, $124,030. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.2% — not 11.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-11.8%
Colorado vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-10.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $124,030
- p25
- $94,640
- p75
- $164,630
- p10
- $64,710
- p90
- $180,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.