State comparison · 2025
Aerospace Engineers salary: California vs Kansas
Aerospace Engineers in California earn a median of $157,620. In Kansas, $130,330. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.6% — not 20.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+20.9%
California vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
-1.6%
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%
Kansas
Aerospace Engineers
- Median
- $130,330
- p25
- $97,950
- p75
- $166,900
- p10
- $80,860
- p90
- $167,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -22%
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.