State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Maryland vs New Jersey
Materials Engineers in Maryland earn a median of $140,640. In New Jersey, $106,920. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.3% — not 31.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.5%
Maryland vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+36.3%
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%
New Jersey
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $106,920
- p25
- $93,450
- p75
- $138,210
- p10
- $82,120
- p90
- $170,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.