State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Maryland vs Vermont
Materials Engineers in Maryland earn a median of $140,640. In Vermont, $93,210. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40.8% — not 50.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+50.9%
Maryland vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
+40.8%
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%
Vermont
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $93,210
- p25
- $78,580
- p75
- $124,950
- p10
- $72,590
- p90
- $156,350
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
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.