State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Washington vs Wyoming
Materials Engineers in Washington earn a median of $139,840. In Wyoming, $110,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.2% — not 26%.
Nominal pay gap
+26%
Washington vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
+9.2%
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%
Wyoming
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $110,970
- p25
- $81,950
- p75
- $119,590
- p10
- $65,250
- p90
- $120,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.7
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.