State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Maryland vs Nebraska
Materials Engineers in Maryland earn a median of $140,640. In Nebraska, $98,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.8% — not 43.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+43.1%
Maryland vs Nebraska
COL-adjusted gap
+22.8%
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%
Nebraska
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $98,270
- p25
- $76,740
- p75
- $127,960
- p10
- $57,030
- p90
- $135,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.