State comparison · 2025
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers salary: Michigan vs Pennsylvania
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers in Michigan earn a median of $428,570. In Pennsylvania, $164,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 163.5% — not 159.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+159.8%
Michigan vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+163.5%
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%
Pennsylvania
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers
- Median
- $164,990
- p25
- $91,780
- p75
- $211,940
- p10
- $88,090
- p90
- $369,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +500%
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.