State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Maryland vs New Hampshire
Materials Engineers in Maryland earn a median of $140,640. In New Hampshire, $101,290. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37.8% — not 38.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+38.8%
Maryland vs New Hampshire
COL-adjusted gap
+37.8%
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%
New Hampshire
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $101,290
- p25
- $77,320
- p75
- $121,920
- p10
- $73,660
- p90
- $159,180
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 104.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.