State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Maryland vs Wisconsin
Materials Engineers in Maryland earn a median of $140,640. In Wisconsin, $96,210. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31% — not 46.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+46.2%
Maryland vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+31%
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%
Wisconsin
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $96,210
- p25
- $76,330
- p75
- $109,610
- p10
- $65,160
- p90
- $127,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 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.