State comparison · 2025
Aerospace Engineers salary: California vs New Jersey
Aerospace Engineers in California earn a median of $157,620. In New Jersey, $126,430. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.5% — not 24.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.7%
California vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+22.5%
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%
New Jersey
Aerospace Engineers
- Median
- $126,430
- p25
- $103,980
- p75
- $159,710
- p10
- $103,230
- p90
- $163,770
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- 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.