State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Pennsylvania vs Washington
Materials Engineers in Washington earn a median of $139,840. In Pennsylvania, $98,030. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.1% — not 29.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-29.9%
Pennsylvania vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-23.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Pennsylvania
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $98,030
- p25
- $76,760
- p75
- $128,360
- p10
- $62,790
- p90
- $173,530
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.