State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Georgia vs Maryland
Materials Engineers in Maryland earn a median of $140,640. In Georgia, $100,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.8% — not 28.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-28.3%
Georgia vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-21.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Georgia
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $100,840
- p25
- $80,180
- p75
- $129,740
- p10
- $71,830
- p90
- $159,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -83%
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.