State comparison · 2025
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers salary: Idaho vs Kansas
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers in Idaho earn a median of $507,640. In Kansas, $143,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 233.6% — not 253.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+253.6%
Idaho vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+233.6%
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
Kansas
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers
- Median
- $143,580
- p25
- $128,520
- p75
- $165,340
- p10
- $85,860
- p90
- $205,580
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.