State comparison · 2025
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers salary: Arizona vs Michigan
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers in Michigan earn a median of $428,570. In Arizona, $227,870. After cost-of-living, the gap is 49.2% — not 46.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-46.8%
Arizona vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
-49.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers
- Median
- $227,870
- p25
- $163,570
- p75
- $293,730
- p10
- $96,380
- p90
- $344,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -60%
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.