State comparison · 2025
Aerospace Engineers salary: Colorado vs Minnesota
Aerospace Engineers in Minnesota earn a median of $159,060. In Colorado, $156,190. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.1% — not 1.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-1.8%
Colorado vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-6.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Aerospace Engineers
- Median
- $156,190
- p25
- $128,440
- p75
- $180,310
- p10
- $101,970
- p90
- $210,410
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -40%
Minnesota
Aerospace Engineers
- Median
- $159,060
- p25
- $100,300
- p75
- $180,350
- p10
- $85,330
- p90
- $194,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.