SOC 17-2011 · Architecture and Engineering Occupations · May 2025

How much do Aerospace Engineers make in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Aerospace Engineers in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA is $140,540. The 10th percentile is $87,970 and the 90th percentile is $160,690. Employment is 60.

Median annual wage

$140,540

10th percentile
$87,970
25th percentile
$140,540
Median
$140,540
75th percentile
$140,540
90th percentile
$160,690
Mean
$134,250

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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A welder at a bench, 2014. Photograph by Chetan Menaria. Wikimedia Commons · CC0

Percentile spread

For Aerospace Engineers, the published 10th percentile is $87,970 and the 90th percentile is $160,690. The difference is $72,720, which is 51.7% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $140,540 to the 75th at $140,540, covers $0.

The mean annual wage is $134,250, which sits below the median of $140,540. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA median is 4.1% higher than the national median of $134,960 for Aerospace Engineers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $140,055, which is 3.8% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 11.3% lower than the Washington median of $158,370.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA is 100.346, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $140,540 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Aerospace Engineers at $140,055 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Aerospace Engineers. Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA ranks 2nd of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is 198 miles away, with a median of $163,580 and employment of 5,480. That median is 16.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $147,193, against $140,055 here.

Employment share

Aerospace Engineers accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA (60 of 255,820). Nationally the occupation is 0.04% of employment (67,710 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.54 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Aerospace Engineers make in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Aerospace Engineers in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA is $140,540. The 10th percentile is $87,970 and the 90th percentile is $160,690. Employment is 60.

How does that compare with the national median for Aerospace Engineers?

The local median is 4.1% higher than the national median of $134,960.

What is Aerospace Engineers pay in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA is 100.346, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $140,540 is $140,055. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA compare with nearby metros for Aerospace Engineers?

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 198 miles away, at $163,580. Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA ranks 2nd of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.