State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Tennessee vs Washington
Materials Engineers in Washington earn a median of $139,840. In Tennessee, $91,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.5% — not 34.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-34.3%
Tennessee vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-23.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Tennessee
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $91,940
- p25
- $79,700
- p75
- $122,790
- p10
- $63,760
- p90
- $149,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -40%
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.