State comparison · 2025
Aerospace Engineers salary: California vs Virginia
Aerospace Engineers in California earn a median of $157,620. In Virginia, $143,210. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.5% — not 10.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+10.1%
California vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+0.5%
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%
Virginia
Aerospace Engineers
- Median
- $143,210
- p25
- $119,830
- p75
- $184,590
- p10
- $95,420
- p90
- $226,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -75%
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.