State comparison · 2025
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers salary: California vs Georgia
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers in Georgia earn a median of $618,090. In California, $353,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 50.2% — not 42.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-42.7%
California vs Georgia
COL-adjusted gap
-50.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers
- Median
- $353,900
- p25
- $208,070
- p75
- $390,260
- p10
- $179,270
- p90
- $427,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
Georgia
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers
- Median
- $618,090
- p25
- $211,400
- p75
- $618,090
- p10
- $187,570
- p90
- $642,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -56%
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.