State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Washington vs West Virginia
Materials Engineers in Washington earn a median of $139,840. In West Virginia, $97,960. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.4% — not 42.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+42.8%
Washington vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+19.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
West Virginia
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $97,960
- p25
- $74,980
- p75
- $126,940
- p10
- $55,130
- p90
- $130,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.