State comparison · 2025
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers salary: Alaska vs Michigan
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers in Michigan earn a median of $428,570. In Alaska, $232,140. After cost-of-living, the gap is 49.1% — not 45.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-45.8%
Alaska vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
-49.1%
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
Michigan
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers
- Median
- $428,570
- p25
- $215,440
- p75
- $428,570
- p10
- $181,880
- p90
- $428,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +25%
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.