State comparison · 2025
Aerospace Engineers salary: Alabama vs California
Aerospace Engineers in California earn a median of $157,620. In Alabama, $127,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.9% — not 19.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.1%
Alabama vs California
COL-adjusted gap
+0.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Aerospace Engineers
- Median
- $127,540
- p25
- $98,190
- p75
- $165,410
- p10
- $78,660
- p90
- $195,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -40%
California
Aerospace Engineers
- Median
- $157,620
- p25
- $129,010
- p75
- $193,060
- p10
- $104,370
- p90
- $220,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -60%
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.