State comparison · 2025
Aerospace Engineers salary: Minnesota vs Oklahoma
Aerospace Engineers in Minnesota earn a median of $159,060. In Oklahoma, $125,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.9% — not 26.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.8%
Minnesota vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
+12.9%
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
Oklahoma
Aerospace Engineers
- Median
- $125,470
- p25
- $97,900
- p75
- $136,990
- p10
- $80,040
- p90
- $161,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +600%
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.