State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Delaware vs Maryland
Materials Engineers in Maryland earn a median of $140,640. In Delaware, $131,320. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.8% — not 6.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-6.6%
Delaware vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-1.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $131,320
- p25
- $100,980
- p75
- $165,960
- p10
- $100,620
- p90
- $182,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
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.