Aerospace Engineers Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $122K, rent takes 21.6% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,700/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new aerospace engineers typically earn — is $77K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $4,617/month. At HUD’s $1,700/month FMR, rent would take 37% of that take-home — above the 30% guideline, so a 1-bedroom or shared housing is likely necessary starting out.

Pay here is roughly in line with the national average — $122K locally vs. $135K nationally, a 9% difference.

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach pays $122K median vs. the U.S. average of $135K — that’s -9%. After adjusting for local cost of living (RPP 99.37), the purchasing-power equivalent is $123K — below the national median.

The median is $122,270 a year, that works out to about $59 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $76,950, and experienced aerospace engineers can clear $164,950. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $7,860/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,700/month, which eats 21.6% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach has a Regional Price Parity of 99.37 (100 is the national average). That's below average, your money stretches further here than the raw salary number suggests. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median aerospace engineers salary is worth about $123,045 in national-average purchasing power.

The table above ranks every state by median pay for this role. Keep in mind that the highest-paying states tend to have the highest costs of living, so the top salary doesn't always mean the most money in your pocket.