State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Washington vs Wisconsin
Materials Engineers in Washington earn a median of $139,840. In Wisconsin, $96,210. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.8% — not 45.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+45.3%
Washington vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+27.8%
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%
Wisconsin
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $96,210
- p25
- $76,330
- p75
- $109,610
- p10
- $65,160
- p90
- $127,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.