State comparison · 2025
Aerospace Engineers salary: Kentucky vs Minnesota
Aerospace Engineers in Minnesota earn a median of $159,060. In Kentucky, $126,130. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.3% — not 20.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.7%
Kentucky vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-13.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Aerospace Engineers
- Median
- $126,130
- p25
- $105,000
- p75
- $166,300
- p10
- $100,440
- p90
- $172,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.