State comparison · 2025
Aerospace Engineers salary: Idaho vs Minnesota
Aerospace Engineers in Minnesota earn a median of $159,060. In Idaho, $95,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37.9% — not 39.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-39.8%
Idaho vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-37.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Idaho
Aerospace Engineers
- Median
- $95,700
- p25
- $76,970
- p75
- $120,000
- p10
- $64,870
- p90
- $139,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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.