State comparison · 2025
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers salary: Arkansas vs Michigan
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers in Michigan earn a median of $428,570. In Arkansas, $168,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 56.4% — not 60.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-60.6%
Arkansas vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
-56.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers
- Median
- $168,970
- p25
- $130,750
- p75
- $168,970
- p10
- $124,990
- p90
- $170,960
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.