State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Maryland vs Virginia
Materials Engineers in Maryland earn a median of $140,640. In Virginia, $116,720. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16% — not 20.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+20.5%
Maryland vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+16%
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%
Virginia
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $116,720
- p25
- $83,840
- p75
- $137,400
- p10
- $77,490
- p90
- $170,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.