State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Iowa vs Maryland
Materials Engineers in Maryland earn a median of $140,640. In Iowa, $64,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 45.3% — not 54.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-54.3%
Iowa vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-45.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $64,270
- p25
- $62,390
- p75
- $98,730
- p10
- $62,390
- p90
- $115,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.