Materials Engineers Salary
Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Materials Engineers positions across the United States.
Median Annual Salary
$108,310
National average
Salary Range
$68,040 – $172,000
10th–90th percentile
Data Year
2024
Source: BLS
Materials Engineers Salary by City
| Location | Median Salary | Min | Max |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $151,260 | $101,410 | $215,220 |
| Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | $147,080 | $68,480 | N/A |
| Boulder, CO | $141,320 | $87,290 | $215,270 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $140,810 | $104,760 | $218,730 |
| Washington | $140,810 | $99,350 | $218,730 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT | $140,180 | $96,310 | $172,310 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $137,650 | $81,300 | $164,980 |
| Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH | $136,300 | $83,960 | $176,880 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $135,500 | $91,260 | $176,300 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $135,400 | $76,900 | $191,880 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $134,560 | $92,990 | $184,150 |
| Lexington Park, MD | $133,850 | $99,800 | $181,210 |
| Kennewick-Richland, WA | $132,490 | $93,520 | $225,290 |
| Maryland | $130,920 | $76,900 | $191,880 |
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | $130,760 | $79,470 | $164,470 |
| Decatur, AL | $130,550 | $68,600 | $160,720 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | $130,280 | $81,370 | $163,610 |
| Alaska nonmetropolitan area | $130,180 | $82,890 | $145,630 |
| Delaware | $127,640 | $85,070 | $172,000 |
| California | $127,550 | $87,070 | $181,500 |
| Oregon | $127,360 | $94,180 | $167,120 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | $127,140 | $84,730 | $172,480 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $126,350 | $86,760 | $178,820 |
| Bakersfield-Delano, CA | $125,580 | $89,000 | $184,720 |
| Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | $124,990 | $50,650 | $183,750 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | $124,860 | $52,520 | $153,490 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | $124,130 | $80,990 | $164,410 |
| Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | $123,700 | $84,230 | $171,960 |
| New York | $121,980 | $67,850 | $163,610 |
| Colorado | $121,430 | $76,740 | $183,630 |
| Knoxville, TN | $121,390 | $72,730 | $165,370 |
| Alaska | $120,540 | $77,730 | $149,820 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $119,580 | $89,430 | $170,360 |
| Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | $119,020 | $79,310 | $126,880 |
| Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | $118,830 | $80,260 | $172,780 |
| Huntsville, AL | $118,270 | $82,730 | $172,180 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | $117,980 | $74,750 | $159,910 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | $116,270 | $78,140 | $143,370 |
| Texas | $116,170 | $61,830 | $190,560 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | $116,000 | $80,830 | $181,800 |
| Stockton-Lodi, CA | $115,260 | $68,800 | $138,410 |
| Wyoming | $114,370 | $63,690 | $121,800 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | $113,870 | $86,880 | $130,470 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | $112,360 | $56,690 | $161,000 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | $112,290 | $66,610 | $179,630 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | $111,470 | $73,920 | $164,920 |
| Massachusetts | $111,030 | $84,350 | $163,440 |
| Worcester, MA | $111,030 | $89,790 | $142,340 |
| South Carolina | $110,730 | $76,850 | $164,470 |
| Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | $110,700 | $79,400 | $151,280 |
| Alabama | $110,150 | $66,920 | $164,530 |
| Cleveland, OH | $109,880 | $73,530 | $165,900 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | $109,390 | $82,690 | $169,020 |
| Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA | $109,120 | $83,040 | $109,180 |
| Tennessee | $108,670 | $72,730 | $155,180 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | $108,580 | $77,380 | $158,200 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $108,310 | $82,820 | $164,600 |
| Arizona | $108,260 | $79,290 | $164,160 |
| Ann Arbor, MI | $108,120 | $63,060 | $160,550 |
| Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | $108,050 | $81,990 | $143,160 |
| Tulsa, OK | $107,990 | $74,210 | $154,990 |
| Toledo, OH | $107,650 | $69,820 | $166,550 |
| Jackson, TN | $107,590 | $70,400 | $138,380 |
| Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | $107,560 | $66,670 | $136,590 |
| Madison, WI | $106,850 | $83,720 | $149,400 |
| Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area | $106,460 | $79,180 | $134,430 |
| Minnesota | $106,430 | $79,120 | $171,990 |
| Virginia | $106,290 | $60,500 | $169,100 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | $106,180 | $72,400 | $132,910 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | $106,100 | $77,130 | $142,820 |
| Ohio | $106,060 | $69,820 | $165,250 |
| Illinois | $105,980 | $67,040 | $173,990 |
| New Hampshire | $105,840 | $74,150 | $168,290 |
| Kentucky | $105,090 | $80,330 | $132,130 |
| Connecticut | $104,390 | $85,820 | $152,700 |
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | $104,120 | $82,780 | $131,000 |
| Florida | $104,040 | $58,610 | $159,210 |
| Reading, PA | $103,930 | $76,450 | $144,900 |
| Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | $103,600 | $84,830 | $139,280 |
| Jacksonville, FL | $103,400 | $61,140 | $158,630 |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | $103,190 | $53,630 | $171,220 |
| Billings, MT | $103,070 | $76,930 | $103,070 |
| Richmond, VA | $102,700 | $59,260 | $163,840 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | $102,530 | $66,580 | $162,510 |
| Akron, OH | $102,310 | $73,290 | $158,230 |
| Columbus, OH | $102,110 | $76,090 | $165,250 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | $102,080 | $79,210 | $157,610 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | $102,020 | $54,480 | $164,890 |
| Idaho | $101,750 | $50,450 | $169,590 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | $101,100 | $39,310 | $141,720 |
| Oklahoma | $101,100 | $67,190 | $154,990 |
| Louisiana | $100,990 | $73,930 | $164,260 |
| Montana | $100,600 | $61,010 | $103,070 |
| East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area | $100,540 | $84,790 | $145,720 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | $100,480 | $64,100 | $163,720 |
| Arkansas | $100,330 | $73,800 | $145,720 |
| New Jersey | $100,240 | $78,410 | $159,240 |
| Trenton-Princeton, NJ | $100,160 | $81,030 | $133,340 |
| Gulfport-Biloxi, MS | $99,860 | $76,490 | $154,310 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | $99,500 | $62,390 | $143,860 |
| Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | $99,270 | $62,150 | $142,440 |
| Missouri | $99,160 | $64,100 | $163,720 |
| Mobile, AL | $98,840 | $60,390 | $135,000 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | $98,570 | $65,640 | $174,580 |
| Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $98,550 | $68,590 | $150,700 |
| Arizona nonmetropolitan area | $98,540 | $78,650 | $125,280 |
| Indiana | $98,290 | $63,040 | $137,940 |
| West Virginia | $97,960 | $55,130 | $130,070 |
| Ogden, UT | $97,790 | $67,010 | $136,810 |
| Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area | $97,780 | $54,110 | $125,230 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | $97,760 | $63,080 | $167,500 |
| Waterbury-Shelton, CT | $97,730 | $84,990 | $135,930 |
| Nevada | $97,580 | $75,920 | $157,400 |
| Georgia | $97,380 | $65,640 | $169,280 |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | $97,340 | $57,830 | $154,460 |
| Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area | $97,300 | $61,540 | $142,370 |
| Wichita, KS | $97,200 | $81,230 | $152,460 |
| Kansas | $97,200 | $74,270 | $152,460 |
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | $97,170 | $80,600 | $122,970 |
| Fort Wayne, IN | $96,840 | $55,070 | $133,100 |
| Michigan | $96,660 | $58,680 | $141,260 |
| Wisconsin | $96,650 | $68,840 | $131,790 |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | $96,610 | $65,150 | $166,470 |
| Omaha, NE-IA | $96,500 | $62,400 | $120,740 |
| Birmingham, AL | $96,450 | $64,220 | $138,600 |
| North Carolina | $95,640 | $75,310 | $138,330 |
| Greensboro-High Point, NC | $95,640 | $78,530 | $123,430 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | $94,070 | $73,560 | $123,910 |
| Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area | $93,510 | $57,570 | $162,290 |
| Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area | $93,440 | $79,430 | $151,360 |
| Vermont | $93,210 | $72,590 | $156,350 |
| Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area | $93,040 | $64,370 | $140,490 |
| Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area | $92,570 | $71,960 | $135,870 |
| Rhode Island | $92,180 | $78,400 | $149,790 |
| West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area | $91,560 | $66,960 | $126,500 |
| Mississippi | $90,700 | $55,480 | $151,720 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | $89,990 | $61,650 | $124,610 |
| North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) | $89,480 | $62,980 | $123,900 |
| Pennsylvania | $89,160 | $51,100 | $149,710 |
| Maine | $89,140 | $70,200 | $134,730 |
| Rocky Mount, NC | $88,820 | $73,020 | $125,290 |
| York-Hanover, PA | $86,530 | $61,790 | $106,640 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | $86,500 | $83,040 | $148,260 |
| Utah | $85,720 | $67,330 | $136,810 |
| South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area | $84,590 | $62,840 | $106,070 |
| Nebraska | $84,540 | $56,600 | $129,280 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | $84,430 | $50,150 | $122,860 |
| Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area | $82,030 | $56,720 | $114,660 |
| Anchorage, AK | $81,980 | $74,970 | $165,130 |
| Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $81,070 | $76,560 | $130,800 |
| Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | $79,780 | $63,950 | $103,120 |
| Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI | $77,440 | $50,230 | $119,860 |
| Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | $76,650 | $67,330 | $134,250 |
| Iowa | $76,640 | $60,380 | $110,620 |
| Lincoln, NE | $73,150 | $50,310 | $116,330 |
| Utica-Rome, NY | $66,120 | $66,020 | $147,490 |
| Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area | $65,530 | $62,880 | $110,140 |
| Saginaw, MI | $57,110 | $49,750 | $135,590 |
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does a Materials Engineers make?▾
The median annual salary for a Materials Engineers is $108,310, with a typical range of $68,040 – $172,000 depending on experience, location, and employer.
What is the starting salary for a Materials Engineers?▾
Entry-level Materials Engineers positions typically start around $68,040 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.
Where do Materials Engineerss earn the most?▾
Materials Engineerss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.