State comparison · 2025
Aerospace Engineers salary: Maryland vs Minnesota
Aerospace Engineers in Minnesota earn a median of $159,060. In Maryland, $156,750. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.5% — not 1.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-1.5%
Maryland vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-7.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maryland
Aerospace Engineers
- Median
- $156,750
- p25
- $119,540
- p75
- $195,190
- p10
- $97,460
- p90
- $232,930
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.