State comparison · 2025
Flight Attendants salary: Michigan vs New York
Flight Attendants in New York earn a median of $126,650. In Michigan, $62,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 44.7% — not 50.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-50.7%
Michigan vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-44.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Michigan
Flight Attendants
- Median
- $62,490
- p25
- $61,270
- p75
- $96,830
- p10
- $61,270
- p90
- $129,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
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.