State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Delaware vs Washington
Materials Engineers in Washington earn a median of $139,840. In Delaware, $131,320. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.7% — not 6.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-6.1%
Delaware vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+0.7%
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
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.