State comparison · 2025
Aerospace Engineers salary: Minnesota vs Texas
Aerospace Engineers in Minnesota earn a median of $159,060. In Texas, $130,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.2% — not 22.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.1%
Minnesota vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+20.2%
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
Texas
Aerospace Engineers
- Median
- $130,270
- p25
- $103,810
- p75
- $166,980
- p10
- $82,990
- p90
- $195,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -60%
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.