State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Maryland vs Ohio
Materials Engineers in Maryland earn a median of $140,640. In Ohio, $106,510. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.7% — not 32%.
Nominal pay gap
+32%
Maryland vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+16.7%
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%
Ohio
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $106,510
- p25
- $84,560
- p75
- $142,020
- p10
- $76,030
- p90
- $169,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -70%
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.