State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Minnesota vs Washington
Materials Engineers in Washington earn a median of $139,840. In Minnesota, $106,220. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.6% — not 24%.
Nominal pay gap
-24%
Minnesota vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-17.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Minnesota
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $106,220
- p25
- $100,690
- p75
- $147,630
- p10
- $84,760
- p90
- $175,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +75%
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.