State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Maryland vs Texas
Materials Engineers in Maryland earn a median of $140,640. In Texas, $117,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.5% — not 19.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+19.5%
Maryland vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+10.5%
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%
Texas
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $117,700
- p25
- $84,700
- p75
- $160,260
- p10
- $67,690
- p90
- $187,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -53%
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.