State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Illinois vs Maryland
Materials Engineers in Maryland earn a median of $140,640. In Illinois, $126,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.5% — not 10%.
Nominal pay gap
-10%
Illinois vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-5.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $126,620
- p25
- $91,570
- p75
- $136,710
- p10
- $71,780
- p90
- $165,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -27%
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.