State comparison · 2025
Aerospace Engineers salary: Minnesota vs Pennsylvania
Aerospace Engineers in Minnesota earn a median of $159,060. In Pennsylvania, $133,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.6% — not 18.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.8%
Minnesota vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+17.6%
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
Pennsylvania
Aerospace Engineers
- Median
- $133,940
- p25
- $111,500
- p75
- $162,420
- p10
- $89,230
- p90
- $179,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.