SOC 53-2011 · Transportation and Material Moving Occupations · May 2025

How much do Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers make in Akron, OH?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers in Akron, OH is $161,720. The 10th percentile is $101,900 and the 90th percentile is $215,470. Employment is 40.

Median annual wage

$161,720

10th percentile
$101,900
25th percentile
$124,070
Median
$161,720
75th percentile
$215,470
90th percentile
$215,470
Mean
$173,240

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates. BLS reports this occupation on an annual basis. Hourly wages are not published.

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Percentile spread

For Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers, the published 10th percentile is $101,900 and the 90th percentile is $215,470. The difference is $113,570, which is 70.2% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $124,070 to the 75th at $215,470, covers $91,400.

The mean annual wage is $173,240, which sits above the median of $161,720. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

Hourly wages are not published because BLS reports this occupation on an annual basis. Hourly and annual wages.

National and state comparison

The Akron, OH median is 30.3% lower than the national median of $232,140 for Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $173,203, which is 25.4% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 20.8% lower than the Ohio median of $204,170.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Akron, OH is 93.370, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $161,720 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers at $173,203 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers. Akron, OH ranks 2nd of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI is 145 miles away, with a median of $428,570. That median is 165% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $427,297, against $173,203 here.

Employment share

Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Akron, OH (40 of 319,560). Nationally the occupation is 0.07% of employment (103,560 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.19 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers make in Akron, OH?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers in Akron, OH is $161,720. The 10th percentile is $101,900 and the 90th percentile is $215,470. Employment is 40.

How does that compare with the national median for Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers?

The local median is 30.3% lower than the national median of $232,140.

What is Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers pay in Akron, OH after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Akron, OH is 93.370, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $161,720 is $173,203. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Akron, OH compare with nearby metros for Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers?

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 145 miles away, at $428,570. Akron, OH ranks 2nd of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.