Materials Engineers salary
The median pay for materials engineers in the United States is $112,860 a year. About 22,770 people hold this job.
- 10th percentile
- $72,300
- 25th percentile
- $88,080
- Median percentile
- $112,860
- 75th percentile
- $142,720
- 90th percentile
- $175,720
Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience. BLS does not report experience, so reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only a rough guide. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025.
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Highest-paying states · Highest-paying cities
By state
- New Mexico $165,600
- Maryland $140,640
- Washington $139,840
- Delaware $131,320
- Louisiana $128,670
- California $128,470
- Illinois $126,620
- New York $125,900
- Colorado $124,030
- Alaska $123,360
- Oregon $122,850
- Connecticut $122,300
- South Carolina $121,610
- Florida $118,780
- Texas $117,700
- Virginia $116,720
- Massachusetts $114,100
- Wyoming $110,970
- Alabama $107,580
- New Jersey $106,920
- Arizona $106,810
- Ohio $106,510
- Minnesota $106,220
- Idaho $105,820
- North Carolina $104,240
- Arkansas $103,900
- New Hampshire $101,290
- Indiana $101,120
- Georgia $100,840
- Kentucky $100,620
- Kansas $100,000
- Oklahoma $99,950
- Nevada $99,010
- Missouri $98,860
- Nebraska $98,270
- Pennsylvania $98,030
- Maine $97,110
- Wisconsin $96,210
- Michigan $94,050
- Tennessee $91,940
- Utah $88,080
- Rhode Island $87,180
- Mississippi $78,700
- Montana $76,030
- Iowa $64,270
By metro area
- San Jose, CA $156,730
- Seattle, WA $156,130
- Boulder, CO $151,940
- New York, NY $147,490
- Baltimore, MD $144,010
- Washington, DC $140,640
- Dayton, OH $137,290
- Albany, NY $134,630
- Decatur, AL $134,370
- Charleston, SC $131,080
- Bakersfield, CA $130,440
- Sacramento, CA $130,040
- San Francisco, CA $129,480
- Portland, OR $128,250
- Cincinnati, OH $127,740
- Indianapolis, IN $127,230
- Denver, CO $125,750
- Los Angeles, CA $125,200
- Philadelphia, PA $125,190
- Phoenix, AZ $124,990
- San Diego, CA $124,180
- Palm Bay, FL $123,720
- Houston, TX $123,250
- Oxnard, CA $122,450
- Columbia, SC $121,290
- Huntsville, AL $120,720
- Dallas, TX $117,700
- Durham, NC $117,000
- Virginia Beach, VA $116,720
- Allentown, PA $116,510
- St. Louis, MO $114,670
- Worcester, MA $114,100
- Boston, MA $111,480
- Madison, WI $111,050
- Tulsa, OK $110,690
- Toledo, OH $110,620
- Minneapolis, MN $110,350
- Riverside, CA $109,100
- Hartford, CT $108,840
- Greenville, SC $106,580
- Buffalo, NY $106,450
- Cleveland, OH $106,340
- Ann Arbor, MI $105,950
- Youngstown, OH $105,400
- Charlotte, NC $104,910
- Mobile, AL $104,610
- Columbus, OH $104,370
- Jacksonville, FL $104,360
- Trenton, NJ $103,660
- Omaha, NE $103,410
- Chattanooga, TN $103,360
- Akron, OH $102,630
- Richmond, VA $102,440
- Providence, RI $101,670
- Kansas City, MO $101,230
- Atlanta, GA $101,100
- Tampa, FL $100,850
- Ogden, UT $100,770
- Louisville/Jefferson County, KY $100,420
- Canton, OH $100,250
- Detroit, MI $100,070
- Wichita, KS $100,000
- Birmingham, AL $99,780
- Fort Wayne, IN $99,640
- Chicago, IL $99,590
- Reading, PA $99,040
- Waterbury, CT $98,460
- Harrisburg, PA $98,440
- Greensboro, NC $98,380
- Lincoln, NE $96,960
- Milwaukee, WI $96,790
- Miami, FL $96,740
- Austin, TX $96,730
- Spartanburg, SC $96,610
- Tucson, AZ $95,930
- Oklahoma City, OK $95,680
- Fort Collins, CO $94,700
- Pittsburgh, PA $92,740
- Nashville, TN $89,040
- Lafayette, IN $85,130
- Memphis, TN $85,000
- Grand Rapids, MI $84,880
- Knoxville, TN $83,240
- San Antonio, TX $82,800
- Lancaster, PA $79,270
- Salt Lake City, UT $77,470
- Utica, NY $71,820