State comparison · 2025
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers salary: California vs Idaho
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers in Idaho earn a median of $507,640. In California, $353,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 39.9% — not 30.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-30.3%
California vs Idaho
COL-adjusted gap
-39.9%
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%
Idaho
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers
- Median
- $507,640
- p25
- $216,750
- p75
- $507,910
- p10
- $120,740
- p90
- $507,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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.