State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Maryland vs Mississippi
Materials Engineers in Maryland earn a median of $140,640. In Mississippi, $78,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 48.1% — not 78.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+78.7%
Maryland vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+48.1%
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%
Mississippi
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $78,700
- p25
- $72,620
- p75
- $126,050
- p10
- $62,000
- p90
- $150,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.