State comparison · 2025
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers salary: Idaho vs Minnesota
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers in Idaho earn a median of $507,640. In Minnesota, $211,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 147.8% — not 140.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+140.1%
Idaho vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+147.8%
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
Minnesota
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers
- Median
- $211,470
- p25
- $210,510
- p75
- $337,920
- p10
- $128,070
- p90
- $353,410
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.