State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Maryland vs Massachusetts
Materials Engineers in Maryland earn a median of $140,640. In Massachusetts, $114,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.2% — not 23.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.3%
Maryland vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+24.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Massachusetts
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $114,100
- p25
- $96,930
- p75
- $142,960
- p10
- $77,980
- p90
- $167,180
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -59%
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.