State comparison · 2025
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers salary: Georgia vs Iowa
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers in Georgia earn a median of $618,090. In Iowa, $131,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 327.8% — not 369.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+369.2%
Georgia vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
+327.8%
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%
Iowa
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers
- Median
- $131,730
- p25
- $86,570
- p75
- $168,510
- p10
- $64,100
- p90
- $201,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.