State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Maryland vs Oregon
Materials Engineers in Maryland earn a median of $140,640. In Oregon, $122,850. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.7% — not 14.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+14.5%
Maryland vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
+12.7%
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%
Oregon
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $122,850
- p25
- $98,670
- p75
- $147,420
- p10
- $79,040
- p90
- $162,600
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +82%
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.