State comparison · 2025
Aerospace Engineers salary: Missouri vs Washington
Aerospace Engineers in Washington earn a median of $158,370. In Missouri, $130,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.8% — not 17.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.5%
Missouri vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-2.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Missouri
Aerospace Engineers
- Median
- $130,680
- p25
- $96,790
- p75
- $179,260
- p10
- $80,390
- p90
- $179,260
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.