State comparison · 2025
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers salary: Idaho vs Washington
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers in Idaho earn a median of $507,640. In Washington, $229,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 147.4% — not 120.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+120.8%
Idaho vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+147.4%
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
Washington
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers
- Median
- $229,900
- p25
- $202,420
- p75
- $396,810
- p10
- $140,780
- p90
- $529,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
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.