State comparison · 2025
Aerospace Engineers salary: Mississippi vs Washington
Aerospace Engineers in Washington earn a median of $158,370. In Mississippi, $109,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.2% — not 31%.
Nominal pay gap
-31%
Mississippi vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-15.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Aerospace Engineers
- Median
- $109,200
- p25
- $92,190
- p75
- $141,130
- p10
- $78,640
- p90
- $171,220
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
Washington
Aerospace Engineers
- Median
- $158,370
- p25
- $130,560
- p75
- $181,460
- p10
- $112,580
- p90
- $207,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- 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.