State comparison · 2025
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers salary: Idaho vs North Carolina
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers in Idaho earn a median of $507,640. In North Carolina, $151,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 230.8% — not 235%.
Nominal pay gap
+235%
Idaho vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+230.8%
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
North Carolina
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers
- Median
- $151,540
- p25
- $99,180
- p75
- $199,660
- p10
- $97,700
- p90
- $206,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +17%
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.