State comparison · 2025
Flight Attendants salary: Illinois vs New York
Flight Attendants in New York earn a median of $126,650. In Illinois, $62,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 47.1% — not 51%.
Nominal pay gap
-51%
Illinois vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-47.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Flight Attendants
- Median
- $62,120
- p25
- $60,320
- p75
- $77,720
- p10
- $40,040
- p90
- $98,810
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
New York
Flight Attendants
- Median
- $126,650
- p25
- $75,990
- p75
- $163,750
- p10
- $52,430
- p90
- $163,750
- 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.