State comparison · 2025
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers salary: Alaska vs Idaho
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers in Idaho earn a median of $507,640. In Alaska, $232,140. After cost-of-living, the gap is 57.4% — not 54.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-54.3%
Alaska vs Idaho
COL-adjusted gap
-57.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers
- Median
- $232,140
- p25
- $185,430
- p75
- $369,150
- p10
- $59,130
- p90
- $369,150
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
Idaho
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers
- Median
- $507,640
- p25
- $216,750
- p75
- $507,910
- p10
- $120,740
- p90
- $507,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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.