State comparison · 2025
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers salary: Kansas vs Michigan
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers in Michigan earn a median of $428,570. In Kansas, $143,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 64.2% — not 66.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-66.5%
Kansas vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
-64.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers
- Median
- $143,580
- p25
- $128,520
- p75
- $165,340
- p10
- $85,860
- p90
- $205,580
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.