State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Indiana vs Maryland
Materials Engineers in Maryland earn a median of $140,640. In Indiana, $101,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.1% — not 28.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-28.1%
Indiana vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-19.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Indiana
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $101,120
- p25
- $77,690
- p75
- $127,230
- p10
- $67,430
- p90
- $131,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -8%
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.