State comparison · 2025
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers salary: Michigan vs Ohio
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers in Michigan earn a median of $428,570. In Ohio, $204,170. After cost-of-living, the gap is 102.5% — not 109.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+109.9%
Michigan vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+102.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Ohio
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers
- Median
- $204,170
- p25
- $138,590
- p75
- $320,410
- p10
- $100,300
- p90
- $406,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +267%
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.