State comparison · 2025
Aerospace Engineers salary: Arkansas vs California
Aerospace Engineers in California earn a median of $157,620. In Arkansas, $102,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.5% — not 35.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-35.3%
Arkansas vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-17.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Aerospace Engineers
- Median
- $102,040
- p25
- $78,810
- p75
- $124,500
- p10
- $72,590
- p90
- $155,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.