State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: North Carolina vs Washington
Materials Engineers in Washington earn a median of $139,840. In North Carolina, $104,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.4% — not 25.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.5%
North Carolina vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-15.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
North Carolina
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $104,240
- p25
- $86,400
- p75
- $127,560
- p10
- $78,160
- p90
- $153,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -56%
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.