State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Maryland vs Nevada
Materials Engineers in Maryland earn a median of $140,640. In Nevada, $99,010. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.3% — not 42%.
Nominal pay gap
+42%
Maryland vs Nevada
COL-adjusted gap
+35.3%
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%
Nevada
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $99,010
- p25
- $85,380
- p75
- $131,980
- p10
- $66,150
- p90
- $155,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -57%
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.