State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Louisiana vs Maryland
Materials Engineers in Maryland earn a median of $140,640. In Louisiana, $128,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.9% — not 8.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-8.5%
Louisiana vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+8.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Louisiana
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $128,670
- p25
- $92,470
- p75
- $155,830
- p10
- $80,860
- p90
- $171,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
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.