State comparison · 2025
Flight Attendants salary: New York vs North Carolina
Flight Attendants in New York earn a median of $126,650. In North Carolina, $64,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 72.7% — not 97.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+97.6%
New York vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+72.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
North Carolina
Flight Attendants
- Median
- $64,100
- p25
- $64,100
- p75
- $80,970
- p10
- $63,310
- p90
- $99,850
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
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.