State comparison · 2025
Aerospace Engineers salary: California vs Maryland
Aerospace Engineers in California earn a median of $157,620. In Maryland, $156,750. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.6% — not 0.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+0.6%
California vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-4.6%
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%
Maryland
Aerospace Engineers
- Median
- $156,750
- p25
- $119,540
- p75
- $195,190
- p10
- $97,460
- p90
- $232,930
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.