State comparison · 2025
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers salary: Idaho vs New York
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers in Idaho earn a median of $507,640. In New York, $255,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 124.7% — not 98.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+98.9%
Idaho vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+124.7%
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 York
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers
- Median
- $255,240
- p25
- $170,510
- p75
- $475,690
- p10
- $101,390
- p90
- $475,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
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.