State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Kentucky vs Maryland
Materials Engineers in Maryland earn a median of $140,640. In Kentucky, $100,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.7% — not 28.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-28.5%
Kentucky vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-16.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $100,620
- p25
- $96,300
- p75
- $119,280
- p10
- $84,610
- p90
- $132,800
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +40%
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.