State comparison · 2025
Aerospace Engineers salary: Indiana vs Minnesota
Aerospace Engineers in Minnesota earn a median of $159,060. In Indiana, $107,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.6% — not 32.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-32.5%
Indiana vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-28.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Indiana
Aerospace Engineers
- Median
- $107,400
- p25
- $85,080
- p75
- $135,450
- p10
- $82,530
- p90
- $176,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 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.