State comparison · 2025
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers salary: Georgia vs Illinois
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers in Georgia earn a median of $618,090. In Illinois, $293,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 118.7% — not 110.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+110.6%
Georgia vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
+118.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Georgia
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers
- Median
- $618,090
- p25
- $211,400
- p75
- $618,090
- p10
- $187,570
- p90
- $642,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -56%
Illinois
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers
- Median
- $293,490
- p25
- $204,790
- p75
- $420,280
- p10
- $166,620
- p90
- $421,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -53%
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.