State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Rhode Island vs Washington
Materials Engineers in Washington earn a median of $139,840. In Rhode Island, $87,180. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.8% — not 37.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-37.7%
Rhode Island vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-34.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Rhode Island
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $87,180
- p25
- $80,660
- p75
- $113,060
- p10
- $78,270
- p90
- $140,450
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.