State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Maryland vs West Virginia
Materials Engineers in Maryland earn a median of $140,640. In West Virginia, $97,960. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.4% — not 43.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+43.6%
Maryland vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+22.4%
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%
West Virginia
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $97,960
- p25
- $74,980
- p75
- $126,940
- p10
- $55,130
- p90
- $130,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.