State comparison · 2025
Aerospace Engineers salary: Minnesota vs North Carolina
Aerospace Engineers in Minnesota earn a median of $159,060. In North Carolina, $122,930. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.7% — not 29.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.4%
Minnesota vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+23.7%
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
North Carolina
Aerospace Engineers
- Median
- $122,930
- p25
- $94,210
- p75
- $149,990
- p10
- $79,310
- p90
- $176,720
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- 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.