State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Kansas vs Maryland
Materials Engineers in Maryland earn a median of $140,640. In Kansas, $100,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.1% — not 28.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-28.9%
Kansas vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-17.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $100,000
- p25
- $83,860
- p75
- $135,880
- p10
- $83,460
- p90
- $164,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.