State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Missouri vs Washington
Materials Engineers in Washington earn a median of $139,840. In Missouri, $98,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.7% — not 29.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-29.3%
Missouri vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-16.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Missouri
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $98,860
- p25
- $78,600
- p75
- $123,310
- p10
- $65,870
- p90
- $135,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.