State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Mississippi vs Washington
Materials Engineers in Washington earn a median of $139,840. In Mississippi, $78,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.8% — not 43.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-43.7%
Mississippi vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-30.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $78,700
- p25
- $72,620
- p75
- $126,050
- p10
- $62,000
- p90
- $150,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.