State comparison · 2025
Aerospace Engineers salary: Minnesota vs New York
Aerospace Engineers in Minnesota earn a median of $159,060. In New York, $130,330. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.6% — not 22%.
Nominal pay gap
+22%
Minnesota vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+33.6%
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 York
Aerospace Engineers
- Median
- $130,330
- p25
- $101,970
- p75
- $162,210
- p10
- $89,130
- p90
- $202,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- 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.