State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Idaho vs Washington
Materials Engineers in Washington earn a median of $139,840. In Idaho, $105,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.2% — not 24.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.3%
Idaho vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-15.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Idaho
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $105,820
- p25
- $60,200
- p75
- $133,030
- p10
- $57,250
- p90
- $154,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.