State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Maryland vs Tennessee
Materials Engineers in Maryland earn a median of $140,640. In Tennessee, $91,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.9% — not 53%.
Nominal pay gap
+53%
Maryland vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+33.9%
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%
Tennessee
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $91,940
- p25
- $79,700
- p75
- $122,790
- p10
- $63,760
- p90
- $149,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -40%
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.