State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Maine vs Maryland
Materials Engineers in Maryland earn a median of $140,640. In Maine, $97,110. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.3% — not 31%.
Nominal pay gap
-31%
Maine vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-25.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maine
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $97,110
- p25
- $86,960
- p75
- $119,410
- p10
- $72,130
- p90
- $138,440
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.