State comparison · 2025
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers salary: Idaho vs South Carolina
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers in Idaho earn a median of $507,640. In South Carolina, $143,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 246.9% — not 253.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+253.6%
Idaho vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+246.9%
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
South Carolina
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers
- Median
- $143,580
- p25
- $128,070
- p75
- $169,690
- p10
- $97,070
- p90
- $227,550
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.