State comparison · 2025
Aerospace Engineers salary: Alabama vs Minnesota
Aerospace Engineers in Minnesota earn a median of $159,060. In Alabama, $127,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11% — not 19.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.8%
Alabama vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-11%
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%
Minnesota
Aerospace Engineers
- Median
- $159,060
- p25
- $100,300
- p75
- $180,350
- p10
- $85,330
- p90
- $194,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.