State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Maryland vs Michigan
Materials Engineers in Maryland earn a median of $140,640. In Michigan, $94,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37% — not 49.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+49.5%
Maryland vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
+37%
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%
Michigan
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $94,050
- p25
- $75,010
- p75
- $123,180
- p10
- $62,640
- p90
- $139,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -55%
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.