State comparison · 2025
Aerospace Engineers salary: Oklahoma vs Washington
Aerospace Engineers in Washington earn a median of $158,370. In Oklahoma, $125,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.4% — not 20.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.8%
Oklahoma vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-3.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Oklahoma
Aerospace Engineers
- Median
- $125,470
- p25
- $97,900
- p75
- $136,990
- p10
- $80,040
- p90
- $161,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +600%
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.