State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Iowa vs Washington
Materials Engineers in Washington earn a median of $139,840. In Iowa, $64,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 44% — not 54%.
Nominal pay gap
-54%
Iowa vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-44%
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
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.