Materials Engineer Salary in Nebraska

How much does a Materials Engineer make in Nebraska?

As of May 18, 2021, the average salary for a Materials Engineer in Nebraska is $97,823 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $47.

However, a Materials Engineer's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $115,886
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $89,290 to $107,278
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $81,521

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Materials Engineer Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$107,278	$8,940	$2,063	$52
Average	$97,823	$8,152	$1,881	$47
25th Percentile	$89,290	$7,441	$1,717	$43

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Key Factors That Influence Materials Engineer Salaries

A Materials Engineer's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Experience Level Affects Materials Engineer Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Materials Engineer's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:

Entry-Level (less than 1 year): $73,130
Early Career (1-2 years): $86,358
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $97,754
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $119,275
Expert (over 8 years): $145,973

Levels	Salary
Materials... Level Materials Engineer	$73,130
Materials... Level Materials Engineer	$86,358
Materials... Level Materials Engineer	$97,754
Materials... Level Materials Engineer	$119,275
Materials... Level Materials Engineer	$145,973

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How Do Materials Engineer Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract Materials Engineers. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $114,978.
California: $114,542.
Massachusetts: $113,016.

District of Columbia $114,978 California $114,542 Massachusetts $113,016 Washington $112,600 New Jersey $112,559 Alaska $112,413 Connecticut $110,980 New York $110,399

Hawaii $108,540 Rhode Island $107,668 Maryland $107,076 Minnesota $106,266 Colorado $105,954 Illinois $105,850 Oregon $105,456 Delaware $105,165

New Hampshire $104,982 Virginia $104,573 Pennsylvania $103,379 Nevada $102,777 North Dakota $102,579 Michigan $102,268 Wisconsin $102,153 Vermont $101,925

Texas $101,292 Maine $101,250 Arizona $101,188 Ohio $101,115 Georgia $100,160 Indiana $99,682 Wyoming $99,588 Utah $99,443

Iowa $99,381 Kansas $98,882 Louisiana $98,737 North Carolina $98,685 Missouri $98,664 Florida $98,259 Montana $98,041 Nebraska $97,833

Kentucky $97,719 South Carolina $97,304 Tennessee $97,044 Idaho $96,940 New Mexico $96,182 Oklahoma $96,016 Alabama $95,403 South Dakota $94,375

Arkansas $93,815 West Virginia $93,513 Mississippi $92,610

Top Paying Cities for Materials Engineers

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

Offutt A F B: $98,311
La Vista: $98,405
Adams: $95,549

Offutt A F B, NE $98,311 La Vista, NE $98,405 Adams, NE $95,549 Alexandria, NE $95,549 Alvo, NE $96,182 Auburn, NE $95,549 Avoca, NE $96,255 Barneston, NE $95,549

Beatrice, NE $95,549 Beaver Crossing, NE $95,549 Bee, NE $95,819 Belvidere, NE $95,549 Benedict, NE $95,549 Bennet, NE $96,452 Blue Springs, NE $95,549 Bradshaw, NE $95,549

Brock, NE $95,549 Brownville, NE $96,297 Bruning, NE $95,549 Burchard, NE $95,549 Burr, NE $95,549 Byron, NE $95,549 Carleton, NE $95,549 Chester, NE $95,549

Clatonia, NE $95,549 Cook, NE $95,549 Cordova, NE $95,549 Cortland, NE $95,819 Crab Orchard, NE $95,549 Crete, NE $96,089 Davenport, NE $95,549 Davey, NE $96,805

Dawson, NE $95,549 Daykin, NE $95,549 Denton, NE $96,899 Deshler, NE $95,549 De Witt, NE $95,549 Diller, NE $95,549 Dorchester, NE $95,642 Douglas, NE $95,725

Du Bois, NE $94,645 Dunbar, NE $96,120 Eagle, NE $96,452 Elk Creek, NE $95,549 Elmwood, NE $96,255 Endicott, NE $95,549 Exeter, NE $95,549 Fairbury, NE $95,549

Fairmont, NE $95,549 Falls City, NE $93,742 Filley, NE $95,549 Firth, NE $95,912 Friend, NE $95,549 Garland, NE $96,359 Geneva, NE $95,549 Gilead, NE $95,549

Goehner, NE $95,549 Grafton, NE $95,549 Greenwood, NE $96,265 Gresham, NE $95,549 Wilcox, NE $95,549 Alma, NE $95,549 Arapahoe, NE $95,549 Atlanta, NE $95,549

Axtell, NE $95,549 Ayr, NE $95,549 Beaver City, NE $95,549 Bertrand, NE $95,549 Bladen, NE $95,549 Bloomington, NE $95,549 Blue Hill, NE $95,549 Campbell, NE $95,549

Clay Center, NE $95,549 Deweese, NE $95,549 Edgar, NE $95,549 Edison, NE $95,549 Elwood, NE $95,549 Fairfield, NE $95,549 Franklin, NE $95,549 Funk, NE $95,549

Glenvil, NE $95,549 Guide Rock, NE $95,549 Hardy, NE $95,549 Harvard, NE $95,549 Heartwell, NE $95,549 Hendley, NE $95,549 Hildreth, NE $95,549 Holbrook, NE $95,549

Holdrege, NE $95,549 Holstein, NE $95,549 Inavale, NE $95,549 Inland, NE $95,549 Juniata, NE $95,549 Kenesaw, NE $95,549 Lawrence, NE $95,549 Loomis, NE $95,549

Minden, NE $95,549 Naponee, NE $95,549 Nelson, NE $95,549 Oak, NE $95,549 Orleans, NE $95,549 Oxford, NE $95,549 Ragan, NE $95,549 Red Cloud, NE $95,549

Republican City, NE $95,549 Riverton, NE $95,549 Roseland, NE $95,549 Ruskin, NE $95,549 Saronville, NE $95,549 Smithfield, NE $95,549 Stamford, NE $95,549 Superior, NE $95,549

Sutton, NE $95,549 Trumbull, NE $95,549 Upland, NE $95,549 Bellwood, NE $95,549 Mc Cook, NE $96,234 Bartley, NE $95,549 Benkelman, NE $102,839 Cambridge, NE $95,549

Champion, NE $101,208 Culbertson, NE $101,624 Curtis, NE $95,549 Danbury, NE $95,549 Enders, NE $101,208 Eustis, NE $95,549 Farnam, NE $95,549 Haigler, NE $102,839

Hayes Center, NE $101,208 Imperial, NE $101,208 Indianola, NE $95,549 Lebanon, NE $95,549 Max, NE $102,839 Maywood, NE $96,234 Moorefield, NE $95,549 Palisade, NE $102,891

Parks, NE $102,839 Stockville, NE $95,549 Stratton, NE $102,268 Trenton, NE $101,312 Wauneta, NE $101,208 Wilsonville, NE $95,549 North Platte, NE $95,061 Arnold, NE $95,549

Arthur, NE $96,920 Big Springs, NE $96,920 Brady, NE $95,549 Broadwater, NE $96,920 Brule, NE $96,920 Bushnell, NE $96,920 Chappell, NE $96,920 Cozad, NE $95,549

Dalton, NE $96,920 Dickens, NE $99,391 Dix, NE $96,920 Elsie, NE $99,391 Elsmere, NE $85,933 Gothenburg, NE $95,549 Grant, NE $99,391 Abie, NE $95,549

Arlington, NE $96,888 Ashland, NE $96,338 Bancroft, NE $92,402 Bellevue, NE $98,405 Bennington, NE $98,135 Blair, NE $97,325 Boys Town, NE $98,405 Bruno, NE $95,549

Cedar Bluffs, NE $96,432 Cedar Creek, NE $97,771 Ceresco, NE $96,359 Colon, NE $96,255 Craig, NE $96,535 Decatur, NE $92,402 Elkhorn, NE $97,958 Fort Calhoun, NE $98,041

Fremont, NE $96,691 Gretna, NE $97,688 Herman, NE $97,055 Homer, NE $93,150 Hooper, NE $97,055 Ithaca, NE $96,182 Kennard, NE $97,501 Linwood, NE $95,549

Louisville, NE $96,608 Lyons, NE $92,402 Macy, NE $92,402 Malmo, NE $96,016 Mead, NE $96,317 Memphis, NE $96,286 Hallam, NE $95,995 Hebron, NE $95,549

Henderson, NE $95,549 Hickman, NE $96,535 Hubbell, NE $95,549 Humboldt, NE $95,549 Jansen, NE $95,549 Johnson, NE $95,549 Julian, NE $95,549 Lewiston, NE $95,549

Liberty, NE $95,549 Lorton, NE $95,871 Mc Cool Junction, NE $95,549 Malcolm, NE $96,899 Manley, NE $96,338 Martell, NE $96,722 Milford, NE $96,182 Milligan, NE $95,549

Murdock, NE $96,255 Murray, NE $96,774 Nebraska City, NE $96,587 Nehawka, NE $96,473 Nemaha, NE $96,297 Odell, NE $95,549 Ohiowa, NE $95,549 Otoe, NE $96,120

Palmyra, NE $96,089 Panama, NE $96,089 Pawnee City, NE $95,549 Peru, NE $96,297 Pickrell, NE $95,549 Pleasant Dale, NE $96,722 Plymouth, NE $95,549 Raymond, NE $96,899

Reynolds, NE $95,549 Roca, NE $96,722 Rulo, NE $96,951 Salem, NE $94,645 Seward, NE $95,912 Shickley, NE $95,549 Shubert, NE $96,297 Sprague, NE $96,535

Staplehurst, NE $95,549 Steele City, NE $95,549 Steinauer, NE $95,549 Stella, NE $95,549 Sterling, NE $95,549 Strang, NE $95,549 Swanton, NE $95,549 Syracuse, NE $95,892

Table Rock, NE $95,549 Talmage, NE $95,549 Tecumseh, NE $95,549 Ong, NE $95,549 Tobias, NE $95,549 Unadilla, NE $95,840 Union, NE $96,567 Utica, NE $95,549

Verdon, NE $95,445 Virginia, NE $95,549 Waco, NE $95,549 Walton, NE $96,722 Waverly, NE $96,805 Weeping Water, NE $96,317 Western, NE $95,549 Wilber, NE $95,549

Wymore, NE $95,549 York, NE $95,549 Lincoln, NE $96,899 Nickerson, NE $97,055 Oakland, NE $93,950 Papillion, NE $98,405 Pender, NE $92,402 Plattsmouth, NE $97,688

Prague, NE $95,912 Rosalie, NE $92,402 St Columbans, NE $98,135 Scribner, NE $97,055 South Bend, NE $96,411 Springfield, NE $97,865 Tekamah, NE $97,055 Thurston, NE $92,402

Uehling, NE $97,055 Valley, NE $96,899 Valparaiso, NE $96,182 Wahoo, NE $96,120 Walthill, NE $92,402 Washington, NE $97,865 Waterloo, NE $97,688 Weston, NE $95,923

Winnebago, NE $92,776 Winslow, NE $97,055 Yutan, NE $96,535 Omaha, NE $98,405 Brainard, NE $95,549 Cedar Rapids, NE $95,549 Clarks, NE $95,549 Clarkson, NE $94,998

Creston, NE $93,970 David City, NE $95,549 Dodge, NE $94,998 Duncan, NE $95,549 Dwight, NE $95,642 Elgin, NE $92,402 Ericson, NE $93,970 Fullerton, NE $95,549

Genoa, NE $95,549 Howells, NE $94,998 Humphrey, NE $93,970 Leigh, NE $93,970 Lindsay, NE $93,970 Monroe, NE $95,549 Morse Bluff, NE $96,193 North Bend, NE $96,151

Osceola, NE $95,549 Petersburg, NE $93,970 Platte Center, NE $95,549 Polk, NE $95,549 Primrose, NE $95,549 Rising City, NE $95,549 Rogers, NE $95,549 Saint Edward, NE $95,549

Schuyler, NE $95,549 Shelby, NE $95,549 Silver Creek, NE $95,549 Snyder, NE $94,728 Spalding, NE $95,549 Stromsburg, NE $95,549 Surprise, NE $95,549 Ulysses, NE $95,549

Norfolk, NE $92,402 Allen, NE $92,465 Amelia, NE $92,402 Atkinson, NE $92,548 Bassett, NE $85,933 Battle Creek, NE $92,402 Beemer, NE $92,402 Belden, NE $92,402

Gurley, NE $96,920 Columbus, NE $95,549 Albion, NE $95,549 Ames, NE $96,556 Bartlett, NE $93,970 Belgrade, NE $95,549 Bloomfield, NE $92,402 Halsey, NE $85,933

Hershey, NE $99,391 Keystone, NE $96,920 Kimball, NE $96,920 Lemoyne, NE $96,920 Lewellen, NE $96,920 Lisco, NE $96,920 Lodgepole, NE $96,920 Madrid, NE $99,391

Maxwell, NE $95,549 Mullen, NE $88,394 Ogallala, NE $96,920 Oshkosh, NE $96,920 Paxton, NE $99,391 Potter, NE $96,920 Purdum, NE $85,933 Sidney, NE $96,920

Seneca, NE $88,394 Stapleton, NE $91,291 Sutherland, NE $99,391 Thedford, NE $85,933 Tryon, NE $91,239 Venango, NE $99,391 Wallace, NE $99,391 Wellfleet, NE $98,114

Willow Island, NE $95,549 Valentine, NE $85,933 Ainsworth, NE $85,933 Cody, NE $88,394 Crookston, NE $85,933 Johnstown, NE $85,933 Kilgore, NE $85,933 Long Pine, NE $85,933

Merriman, NE $90,855 Nenzel, NE $85,933 Sparks, NE $85,933 Wood Lake, NE $85,933 Alliance, NE $96,920 Angora, NE $96,920 Ashby, NE $93,887 Bayard, NE $96,920

Bingham, NE $93,887 Bridgeport, NE $96,920 Chadron, NE $90,855 Crawford, NE $90,855 Ellsworth, NE $93,887 Gering, NE $96,920 Gordon, NE $90,855 Harrisburg, NE $96,920

Harrison, NE $90,855 Hay Springs, NE $90,855 Hemingford, NE $93,887 Hyannis, NE $93,887 Lakeside, NE $93,887 Lyman, NE $96,920 Mcgrew, NE $96,920 Marsland, NE $93,887

Melbeta, NE $96,920 Minatare, NE $96,920 Mitchell, NE $96,920 Morrill, NE $96,920 Rushville, NE $90,855 Scottsbluff, NE $96,920 Whiteclay, NE $90,855 Whitman, NE $88,394

Whitney, NE $90,855 Verdigre, NE $92,402 Wakefield, NE $92,402 Waterbury, NE $92,901 Wausa, NE $92,402 Wayne, NE $92,402 West Point, NE $92,402 Winnetoon, NE $92,402

Winside, NE $92,402 Wisner, NE $92,402 Wynot, NE $92,402 Grand Island, NE $95,549 Alda, NE $95,549 Amherst, NE $95,549 Anselmo, NE $93,970 Ansley, NE $95,549

Arcadia, NE $95,549 Archer, NE $95,549 Ashton, NE $95,549 Aurora, NE $95,549 Boelus, NE $95,549 Brewster, NE $91,291 Broken Bow, NE $95,549 Burwell, NE $93,970

Cairo, NE $95,549 Bristow, NE $92,548 Brunswick, NE $92,402 Butte, NE $90,346 Carroll, NE $92,402 Center, NE $92,402 Chambers, NE $92,402 Clearwater, NE $92,402

Coleridge, NE $92,402 Concord, NE $92,402 Creighton, NE $92,402 Crofton, NE $92,402 Dakota City, NE $93,337 Dixon, NE $92,402 Emerson, NE $92,527 Emmet, NE $92,548

Ewing, NE $92,402 Fordyce, NE $92,402 Hadar, NE $92,402 Hartington, NE $92,402 Hoskins, NE $92,402 Hubbard, NE $93,150 Inman, NE $92,402 Jackson, NE $93,337

Laurel, NE $92,402 Lynch, NE $92,548 Mclean, NE $92,402 Madison, NE $92,402 Magnet, NE $92,402 Maskell, NE $92,402 Meadow Grove, NE $92,402 Mills, NE $85,933

Naper, NE $85,933 Neligh, NE $92,402 Newcastle, NE $92,402 Newman Grove, NE $93,970 Newport, NE $85,933 Niobrara, NE $92,548 Oakdale, NE $92,402 Oneill, NE $92,548

Orchard, NE $92,402 Osmond, NE $92,402 Page, NE $92,402 Pierce, NE $92,402 Pilger, NE $92,402 Plainview, NE $92,402 Ponca, NE $92,963 Randolph, NE $92,402

Royal, NE $92,402 Saint Helena, NE $92,402 South Sioux City, NE $93,337 Spencer, NE $92,548 Springview, NE $85,933 Stanton, NE $92,402 Stuart, NE $90,346 Tilden, NE $92,402

Callaway, NE $95,549 Central City, NE $95,549 Chapman, NE $95,549 Comstock, NE $95,549 Dannebrog, NE $95,549 Doniphan, NE $95,549 Dunning, NE $91,291 Eddyville, NE $95,549

Elba, NE $95,549 Elm Creek, NE $95,549 Elyria, NE $93,970 Farwell, NE $95,549 Gibbon, NE $95,549 Giltner, NE $95,549 Greeley, NE $95,549 Hampton, NE $95,549

Hazard, NE $95,549 Kearney, NE $95,549 Hordville, NE $95,549 Lexington, NE $95,549 Litchfield, NE $95,549 Loup City, NE $95,549 Marquette, NE $95,549 Mason City, NE $95,549

Merna, NE $95,549 Miller, NE $95,549 North Loup, NE $95,549 Oconto, NE $95,549 Odessa, NE $95,549 Ord, NE $95,549 Overton, NE $95,549 Palmer, NE $95,549

Phillips, NE $95,549 Pleasanton, NE $95,549 Ravenna, NE $95,549 Riverdale, NE $95,549 Rockville, NE $95,549 Saint Libory, NE $95,549 Saint Paul, NE $95,549 Sargent, NE $95,549

Scotia, NE $95,549 Shelton, NE $95,549 Sumner, NE $95,549 Taylor, NE $93,970 Westerville, NE $95,549 Wolbach, NE $95,549 Wood River, NE $95,549 Hastings, NE $95,549

Materials Engineer Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Materials Engineer's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

Last Updated on May 18, 2021

$89,290

Average $97,823/year

$107,278

$7,441

Average $8,152/month

$8,940

$1,717

Average $1,881/week

$2,063

$43

Average $47/hour

$52

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$107,278	$8,940	$2,063	$52
Average	$97,823	$8,152	$1,881	$47
25th Percentile	$89,290	$7,441	$1,717	$43

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