State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Kansas vs Washington
Materials Engineers in Washington earn a median of $139,840. In Kansas, $100,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.1% — not 28.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-28.5%
Kansas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-15.1%
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
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.