State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Colorado vs Washington
Materials Engineers in Washington earn a median of $139,840. In Colorado, $124,030. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8% — not 11.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-11.3%
Colorado vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-8%
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%
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.