State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Maryland vs Rhode Island
Materials Engineers in Maryland earn a median of $140,640. In Rhode Island, $87,180. After cost-of-living, the gap is 57.2% — not 61.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+61.3%
Maryland vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+57.2%
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%
Rhode Island
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $87,180
- p25
- $80,660
- p75
- $113,060
- p10
- $78,270
- p90
- $140,450
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.