State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Connecticut vs Maryland
Materials Engineers in Maryland earn a median of $140,640. In Connecticut, $122,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.9% — not 13%.
Nominal pay gap
-13%
Connecticut vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-11.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Connecticut
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $122,300
- p25
- $104,420
- p75
- $137,130
- p10
- $88,330
- p90
- $155,440
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -25%
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.