State comparison · 2025
Flight Attendants salary: Massachusetts vs New York
Flight Attendants in New York earn a median of $126,650. In Massachusetts, $61,510. After cost-of-living, the gap is 50.5% — not 51.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-51.4%
Massachusetts vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-50.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Flight Attendants
- Median
- $61,510
- p25
- $58,900
- p75
- $92,020
- p10
- $31,730
- p90
- $99,390
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
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.