State comparison · 2025
Aerospace Engineers salary: Illinois vs Minnesota
Aerospace Engineers in Minnesota earn a median of $159,060. In Illinois, $108,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.5% — not 31.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-31.5%
Illinois vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-32.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Aerospace Engineers
- Median
- $108,940
- p25
- $98,300
- p75
- $153,800
- p10
- $78,170
- p90
- $184,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.