State comparison · 2025
Aerospace Engineers salary: Kansas vs Minnesota
Aerospace Engineers in Minnesota earn a median of $159,060. In Kansas, $130,330. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.3% — not 18.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.1%
Kansas vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-10.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Aerospace Engineers
- Median
- $130,330
- p25
- $97,950
- p75
- $166,900
- p10
- $80,860
- p90
- $167,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -22%
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.