Materials Engineers Salary in Lancaster, PA

Materials Engineers pay range in Lancaster

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $67,120 a year or less, while the top 10% make $119,350 or more. The middle half of materials engineers in Lancaster earn between $79,270 and $99,120.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Materials Engineers salary after taxes in Lancaster

On the average salary of $89,270, a single filer in Lancaster takes home about $68,891 a year, or $5,741 a month and $2,650 every two weeks. Taxes take 23% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2025 rules). Local earned income taxes (for example Philadelphia's wage tax) are not included.

Is Lancaster a good place for materials engineers? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Lancaster area are 2% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 98.3), so the average $89,270 buys what about $90,854 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.6 times the median wage of all jobs in Lancaster ($48,210). A typical home costs $388,207, or 4.3 years of this average salary before tax.

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Materials Engineers salary in other Pennsylvania cities

Lancaster ranks 6th of 6 Pennsylvania metro areas for this job; Philadelphia pays the most ($126,850).

All Materials Engineers salaries in Pennsylvania

Highest-paying cities for materials engineers

San Jose, CA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($156,740).

Materials Engineers salary by city

Related jobs in Lancaster

• Electrical Engineers$111,140 a year
• Engineers, All Other$102,040 a year
• Industrial Engineers$99,850 a year
• Civil Engineers$98,580 a year
• Mechanical Engineers$94,040 a year
• Architects, Except Landscape and Naval$98,340 a year
• Landscape Architects$93,800 a year
• Surveyors$80,240 a year

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