State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Maryland vs Montana
Materials Engineers in Maryland earn a median of $140,640. In Montana, $76,030. After cost-of-living, the gap is 66.7% — not 85%.
Nominal pay gap
+85%
Maryland vs Montana
COL-adjusted gap
+66.7%
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%
Montana
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $76,030
- p25
- $63,500
- p75
- $93,560
- p10
- $59,860
- p90
- $104,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.