State comparison · 2025
Aerospace Engineers salary: Connecticut vs Minnesota
Aerospace Engineers in Minnesota earn a median of $159,060. In Connecticut, $129,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.5% — not 18.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.6%
Connecticut vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-22.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Connecticut
Aerospace Engineers
- Median
- $129,500
- p25
- $104,560
- p75
- $142,970
- p10
- $86,420
- p90
- $163,930
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
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.