State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Maryland vs North Carolina
Materials Engineers in Maryland earn a median of $140,640. In North Carolina, $104,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.2% — not 34.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+34.9%
Maryland vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+21.2%
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%
North Carolina
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $104,240
- p25
- $86,400
- p75
- $127,560
- p10
- $78,160
- p90
- $153,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -56%
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.