State comparison · 2025
Aerospace Engineers salary: California vs Indiana
Aerospace Engineers in California earn a median of $157,620. In Indiana, $107,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.7% — not 46.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+46.8%
California vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
+23.7%
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%
Indiana
Aerospace Engineers
- Median
- $107,400
- p25
- $85,080
- p75
- $135,450
- p10
- $82,530
- p90
- $176,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.