State comparison · 2025
Aerospace Engineers salary: Kentucky vs Washington
Aerospace Engineers in Washington earn a median of $158,370. In Kentucky, $126,130. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.5% — not 20.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.4%
Kentucky vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-5.5%
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
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.