State comparison · 2025
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers salary: Idaho vs Louisiana
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers in Idaho earn a median of $507,640. In Louisiana, $120,740. After cost-of-living, the gap is 288.3% — not 320.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+320.4%
Idaho vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
+288.3%
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
Louisiana
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers
- Median
- $120,740
- p25
- $93,530
- p75
- $173,750
- p10
- $74,700
- p90
- $251,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
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.