State comparison · 2025
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers salary: Idaho vs Michigan
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers in Idaho earn a median of $507,640. In Michigan, $428,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.3% — not 18.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.4%
Idaho vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
+19.3%
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
Michigan
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers
- Median
- $428,570
- p25
- $215,440
- p75
- $428,570
- p10
- $181,880
- p90
- $428,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +25%
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.