State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Massachusetts vs Washington
Materials Engineers in Washington earn a median of $139,840. In Massachusetts, $114,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.5% — not 18.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.4%
Massachusetts vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-17.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $114,100
- p25
- $96,930
- p75
- $142,960
- p10
- $77,980
- p90
- $167,180
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -59%
Washington
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $139,840
- p25
- $122,960
- p75
- $176,290
- p10
- $92,570
- p90
- $199,250
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -89%
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.