State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Maryland vs Oklahoma
Materials Engineers in Maryland earn a median of $140,640. In Oklahoma, $99,950. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.7% — not 40.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+40.7%
Maryland vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
+17.7%
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%
Oklahoma
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $99,950
- p25
- $78,290
- p75
- $120,580
- p10
- $54,990
- p90
- $150,640
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.