State comparison · 2025
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers salary: Idaho vs New Mexico
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers in Idaho earn a median of $507,640. In New Mexico, $136,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 257.8% — not 270.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+270.6%
Idaho vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+257.8%
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
New Mexico
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers
- Median
- $136,990
- p25
- $131,830
- p75
- $156,640
- p10
- $117,080
- p90
- $172,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.