State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Maryland vs Utah
Materials Engineers in Maryland earn a median of $140,640. In Utah, $88,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 50.4% — not 59.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+59.7%
Maryland vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
+50.4%
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%
Utah
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $88,080
- p25
- $73,880
- p75
- $115,670
- p10
- $69,180
- p90
- $140,620
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
- 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.