State comparison · 2025
Aerospace Engineers salary: Kansas vs Washington
Aerospace Engineers in Washington earn a median of $158,370. In Kansas, $130,330. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.3% — not 17.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.7%
Kansas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-2.3%
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%
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.