State comparison · 2025
Aerospace Engineers salary: Indiana vs Washington
Aerospace Engineers in Washington earn a median of $158,370. In Indiana, $107,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.2% — not 32.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-32.2%
Indiana vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-22.2%
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%
Washington
Aerospace Engineers
- Median
- $158,370
- p25
- $130,560
- p75
- $181,460
- p10
- $112,580
- p90
- $207,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.