State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Maryland vs Pennsylvania
Materials Engineers in Maryland earn a median of $140,640. In Pennsylvania, $98,030. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.4% — not 43.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+43.5%
Maryland vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+33.4%
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%
Pennsylvania
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $98,030
- p25
- $76,760
- p75
- $128,360
- p10
- $62,790
- p90
- $173,530
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.