State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Maryland vs New York
Materials Engineers in Maryland earn a median of $140,640. In New York, $125,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.8% — not 11.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+11.7%
Maryland vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+14.8%
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 York
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $125,900
- p25
- $88,380
- p75
- $162,770
- p10
- $73,920
- p90
- $168,120
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- 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.