State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Virginia vs Washington
Materials Engineers in Washington earn a median of $139,840. In Virginia, $116,720. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.7% — not 16.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.5%
Virginia vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-11.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Virginia
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $116,720
- p25
- $83,840
- p75
- $137,400
- p10
- $77,490
- p90
- $170,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.