How much do Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers make in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA?

Percentile spread

For Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers, the published 10th percentile is $129,760 and the 90th percentile is $422,450. The difference is $292,690, which is 133.4% 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 $170,080 to the 75th at $422,450, covers $252,370.

The mean annual wage is $269,600, which sits above the median of $219,330. 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 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA median is 5.5% lower than the national median of $232,140 for Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $218,574, which is 5.8% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 4.6% lower than the Washington median of $229,900.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA is 100.346, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $219,330 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers at $218,574 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. Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA 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).).

• Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is 198 miles away, with a median of $229,900 and employment of 3,340. That median is 4.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $206,869, against $218,574 here.