State comparison · 2025
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers salary: Connecticut vs Michigan
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers in Michigan earn a median of $428,570. In Connecticut, $199,870. After cost-of-living, the gap is 56.7% — not 53.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-53.4%
Connecticut vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
-56.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Connecticut
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers
- Median
- $199,870
- p25
- $142,630
- p75
- $530,080
- p10
- $94,130
- p90
- $530,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
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.