State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Connecticut vs Washington
Materials Engineers in Washington earn a median of $139,840. In Connecticut, $122,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.7% — not 12.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-12.5%
Connecticut vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-9.7%
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%
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.