State comparison · 2025
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers salary: California vs Michigan
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers in Michigan earn a median of $428,570. In California, $353,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.2% — not 17.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.4%
California vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
-28.2%
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%
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.