State comparison · 2025
Flight Attendants salary: Arizona vs California
Flight Attendants in California earn a median of $82,170. In Arizona, $61,780. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.3% — not 24.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.8%
Arizona vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-17.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Flight Attendants
- Median
- $61,780
- p25
- $38,720
- p75
- $80,810
- p10
- $32,390
- p90
- $81,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
California
Flight Attendants
- Median
- $82,170
- p25
- $59,230
- p75
- $100,550
- p10
- $48,130
- p90
- $129,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
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.