State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Texas vs Washington
Materials Engineers in Washington earn a median of $139,840. In Texas, $117,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.3% — not 15.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-15.8%
Texas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-7.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Texas
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $117,700
- p25
- $84,700
- p75
- $160,260
- p10
- $67,690
- p90
- $187,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -53%
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.