State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Oklahoma vs Washington
Materials Engineers in Washington earn a median of $139,840. In Oklahoma, $99,950. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.9% — not 28.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-28.5%
Oklahoma vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-12.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Oklahoma
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $99,950
- p25
- $78,290
- p75
- $120,580
- p10
- $54,990
- p90
- $150,640
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.