Highest-paying Cities for Aerospace Engineers

The top 100 highest paying cities for aerospace engineers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of aerospace engineers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $166,930, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is the highest paying city for aerospace engineers. It is followed by Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia (average annual salary $142,290). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of aerospace engineers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Aerospace Engineers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$166,930	$78,840	900
2	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$142,290	$93,120	2,140
3	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$139,770	$61,340	40
4	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$138,840	$91,820	2,560
5	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$137,500	$77,330	30
6	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$136,930	$74,620	1,270
7	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$136,640	$80,980	4,740
8	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$134,850	$94,990	3,650
9	Salt Lake City, Utah	$134,790	$92,410	230
10	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$133,450	$78,080	1,670
11	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$132,410	$81,890	1,040
12	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$131,450	$98,450	380
13	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$131,400	$80,450	690
14	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$131,400	$80,630	790
15	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$130,690	$77,430	3,250
16	Boulder, Colorado	$129,890	$81,540	1,230
17	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$129,180	$89,840	600
18	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$129,070	$72,690	310
19	Provo-Orem, Utah	$128,870	$88,870	60
20	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$128,850	$88,130	110
21	Amarillo, Texas	$128,710	$74,940	n/a
22	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$128,520	$86,840	220
23	Tacoma, Washington	$128,200	$91,540	40
24	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$128,000	$77,810	560
25	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$127,710	$77,660	920
26	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$127,220	$89,280	60
27	Huntsville, Alabama	$127,150	$79,210	3,360
28	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$126,730	$82,680	1,470
29	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$126,620	$89,650	330
30	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$126,540	$72,630	740
31	California-Lexington Park, Maryland	$126,420	$78,290	1,080
32	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$125,500	$87,950	990
33	Memphis, Tennessee	$124,740	$72,330	70
34	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$123,700	$80,920	790
35	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida	$123,530	$79,350	1,380
36	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$123,450	$91,460	90
37	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$123,100	$63,060	110
38	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas	$122,910	$78,410	180
39	Ogden-Clearfield, Utah	$122,670	$79,490	750
40	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$122,050	$75,190	30
41	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$121,870	$94,370	100
42	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$121,330	$71,530	6,000
43	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$121,080	$90,120	350
44	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$120,560	$79,290	100
45	Framingham, Massachusetts	$120,200	$85,940	130
46	Richmond, Virginia	$119,920	$106,240	120
47	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$119,890	$71,880	1,270
48	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$119,140	$66,050	290
49	Northeastern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$118,930	$72,900	210
50	Spokane, Washington	$118,830	$81,200	50
51	Decatur, Alabama	$118,310	$77,310	n/a
52	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$116,700	$80,460	180
53	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$116,190	$63,650	1,780
54	Dayton, Ohio	$116,130	$69,660	1,010
55	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$115,690	$79,570	440
56	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$115,610	$80,560	160
57	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$115,430	$60,910	310
58	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$115,240	$80,390	n/a
59	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$115,110	$81,810	2,680
60	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$115,000	$82,510	610
61	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$114,830	$79,480	410
62	Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach, Florida	$114,450	$84,320	90
63	North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$114,430	$72,160	n/a
64	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$114,060	$67,520	1,560
65	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$113,110	$73,820	220
66	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$110,890	$91,040	n/a
67	St Louis, Missouri	$110,680	$73,080	1,090
68	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$110,640	$68,720	1,790
69	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$110,480	$77,990	30
70	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$110,150	$64,460	120
71	Port St Lucie, Florida	$109,870	$61,530	40
72	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$109,630	$78,270	270
73	St Marys County, Maryland	$108,950	$68,590	850
74	Charlottesville, Virginia	$108,880	$73,170	30
75	Akron, Ohio	$108,690	$49,030	50
76	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$108,410	$76,410	760
77	Wilmington, New Jersey	$108,170	$79,640	n/a
78	Savannah, Georgia	$106,340	$70,890	1,080
79	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$106,080	$58,010	90
80	Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina	$106,060	$75,900	90
81	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$105,850	$70,790	n/a
82	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$105,360	$77,520	650
83	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$104,740	$73,460	n/a
84	Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$103,780	$51,660	40
85	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan	$103,700	$60,160	n/a
86	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$103,400	$73,410	8,480
87	Las Cruces, New Mexico	$103,170	$65,390	90
88	New Bern, North Carolina	$103,170	$64,360	210
89	Wilmington, North Carolina	$102,690	$68,980	30
90	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$102,620	$79,150	890
91	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$102,570	$78,600	70
92	Springfield, Massachusetts	$102,540	$70,410	140
93	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$102,520	$73,610	230
94	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$102,330	$56,380	120
95	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$102,200	$77,340	300
96	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$101,710	$76,800	240
97	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$100,990	$71,100	290
98	Jacksonville, Florida	$100,650	$76,990	430
99	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$100,570	$65,890	1,020
100	Fort Wayne, Indiana	$100,270	$80,360	40

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for aerospace engineers.