State comparison · 2025
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers salary: Florida vs Michigan
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers in Michigan earn a median of $428,570. In Florida, $225,020. After cost-of-living, the gap is 51.2% — not 47.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-47.5%
Florida vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
-51.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Florida
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers
- Median
- $225,020
- p25
- $169,730
- p75
- $344,360
- p10
- $121,240
- p90
- $356,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +113%
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.