State comparison · 2025
Aerospace Engineers salary: California vs Colorado
Aerospace Engineers in California earn a median of $157,620. In Colorado, $156,190. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6% — not 0.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+0.9%
California vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
-6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Colorado
Aerospace Engineers
- Median
- $156,190
- p25
- $128,440
- p75
- $180,310
- p10
- $101,970
- p90
- $210,410
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -40%
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.