State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Maryland vs Wyoming
Materials Engineers in Maryland earn a median of $140,640. In Wyoming, $110,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.9% — not 26.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.7%
Maryland vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
+11.9%
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%
Wyoming
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $110,970
- p25
- $81,950
- p75
- $119,590
- p10
- $65,250
- p90
- $120,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.7
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.