State comparison · 2025
Aerospace Engineers salary: Minnesota vs Nevada
Aerospace Engineers in Minnesota earn a median of $159,060. In Nevada, $96,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 66.8% — not 64.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+64.4%
Minnesota vs Nevada
COL-adjusted gap
+66.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
Nevada
Aerospace Engineers
- Median
- $96,730
- p25
- $86,690
- p75
- $136,570
- p10
- $77,920
- p90
- $179,050
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.