State comparison · 2025
Aerospace Engineers salary: California vs Oklahoma
Aerospace Engineers in California earn a median of $157,620. In Oklahoma, $125,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.4% — not 25.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.6%
California vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
-0.4%
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%
Oklahoma
Aerospace Engineers
- Median
- $125,470
- p25
- $97,900
- p75
- $136,990
- p10
- $80,040
- p90
- $161,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +600%
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.