State comparison · 2025
Aerospace Engineers salary: Minnesota vs New Jersey
Aerospace Engineers in Minnesota earn a median of $159,060. In New Jersey, $126,430. After cost-of-living, the gap is 38.8% — not 25.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.8%
Minnesota vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+38.8%
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
New Jersey
Aerospace Engineers
- Median
- $126,430
- p25
- $103,980
- p75
- $159,710
- p10
- $103,230
- p90
- $163,770
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 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.