State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Indiana vs Washington
Materials Engineers in Washington earn a median of $139,840. In Indiana, $101,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.1% — not 27.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-27.7%
Indiana vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-17.1%
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%
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.