State comparison · 2025
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers salary: Idaho vs Kentucky
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers in Idaho earn a median of $507,640. In Kentucky, $350,950. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.6% — not 44.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+44.6%
Idaho vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+36.6%
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
Kentucky
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers
- Median
- $350,950
- p25
- $214,120
- p75
- $398,760
- p10
- $182,780
- p90
- $407,760
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.