State comparison · 2025
Aerospace Engineers salary: Alabama vs Washington
Aerospace Engineers in Washington earn a median of $158,370. In Alabama, $127,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3% — not 19.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.5%
Alabama vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-3%
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%
Washington
Aerospace Engineers
- Median
- $158,370
- p25
- $130,560
- p75
- $181,460
- p10
- $112,580
- p90
- $207,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.