State comparison · 2025
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers salary: Colorado vs Michigan
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers in Michigan earn a median of $428,570. In Colorado, $307,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.1% — not 28.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-28.3%
Colorado vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
-33.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers
- Median
- $307,490
- p25
- $197,310
- p75
- $371,190
- p10
- $189,150
- p90
- $377,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.