State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Florida vs Maryland
Materials Engineers in Maryland earn a median of $140,640. In Florida, $118,780. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.2% — not 15.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-15.5%
Florida vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-14.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Florida
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $118,780
- p25
- $91,150
- p75
- $138,430
- p10
- $73,370
- p90
- $166,490
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +250%
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.