State comparison · 2025
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers salary: Iowa vs Michigan
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers in Michigan earn a median of $428,570. In Iowa, $131,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 66.3% — not 69.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-69.3%
Iowa vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
-66.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers
- Median
- $131,730
- p25
- $86,570
- p75
- $168,510
- p10
- $64,100
- p90
- $201,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.