State comparison · 2025
Aerospace Engineers salary: Minnesota vs Tennessee
Aerospace Engineers in Minnesota earn a median of $159,060. In Tennessee, $128,510. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.4% — not 23.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.8%
Minnesota vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+15.4%
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
Tennessee
Aerospace Engineers
- Median
- $128,510
- p25
- $99,080
- p75
- $136,990
- p10
- $79,690
- p90
- $171,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.