State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Maryland vs Minnesota
Materials Engineers in Maryland earn a median of $140,640. In Minnesota, $106,220. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.3% — not 32.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+32.4%
Maryland vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+24.3%
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%
Minnesota
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $106,220
- p25
- $100,690
- p75
- $147,630
- p10
- $84,760
- p90
- $175,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +75%
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.