State comparison · 2025
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers salary: Idaho vs Illinois
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers in Idaho earn a median of $507,640. In Illinois, $293,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 81.1% — not 73%.
Nominal pay gap
+73%
Idaho vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
+81.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Idaho
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers
- Median
- $507,640
- p25
- $216,750
- p75
- $507,910
- p10
- $120,740
- p90
- $507,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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.