State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Maryland vs South Carolina
Materials Engineers in Maryland earn a median of $140,640. In South Carolina, $121,610. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.2% — not 15.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+15.6%
Maryland vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+3.2%
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%
South Carolina
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $121,610
- p25
- $92,240
- p75
- $131,080
- p10
- $75,550
- p90
- $158,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -57%
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.