State comparison · 2025
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers salary: Illinois vs Michigan
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers in Michigan earn a median of $428,570. In Illinois, $293,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.1% — not 31.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-31.5%
Illinois vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
-34.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers
- Median
- $293,490
- p25
- $204,790
- p75
- $420,280
- p10
- $166,620
- p90
- $421,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -53%
Michigan
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers
- Median
- $428,570
- p25
- $215,440
- p75
- $428,570
- p10
- $181,880
- p90
- $428,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +25%
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.