State comparison · 2025
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers salary: Idaho vs Iowa
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers in Idaho earn a median of $507,640. In Iowa, $131,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 254.3% — not 285.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+285.4%
Idaho vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
+254.3%
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
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.