Professional Pilot, June 2019
Annual pay based on 80 hrs per month and size of aircraft flown 1st year 5th year 10th year Max Airline FO smallest aircraft FO medium aircraft Capt smallest aircraft Capt largest aircraft ALASKA 88605 B737 149713 B737 246467 B737 255634 B737 AMERICAN 86400 EMB190 168960 B757 263040 B737 328320 B777 DELTA 88320 MD88 170880 B757 268800 B737 339840 B777 FEDEX 75840 B757 152640 B757 245760 B757 300480 B777 JETBLUE 84614 EMB190 148088 A320 247334 A320 253612 A320 SOUTHWEST 78720 B737 152640 B737 249600 B737 255360 B737 UNITED 87409 B737 165563 B757 267371 B737 337299 B777 UPS 45484 All aircraft 180950 All aircraft 289718 All aircraft 305539 All aircraft AVERAGE 79424 161179 259761 297010 Notes Annual pay shown based on 960 credit hours per year Pilots for all carriers can earn considerably more with profit sharing international overrides overtime special credits per diem and other extras Some major airline pilots reported annual profit sharing bonuses exceeding 60000 Major US airlines hired 4604 pilots during 2018 and are projected to hire approximately 50000 new pilots during the next 10 years Copyright 2019 FAPA Financial Services www fapafinancial com 800 JET JOBS 538 5627 Current pay rates in force since Jan 1 2019 PROFESSIONAL PILOT June 2019 59 2019 Major US Airline Pay Survey provided by FAPA Financial Services Henderson NV 1 800 JET JOBS Info courtesy of VP of Financial Services Tom Smith Boeing 777 operated by United Airlines A pilot flying this type of aircraft for a major US airline can earn up to 337299 The average salary for a wide body aircraft captain is reported to be upwards of 297000 Monthly military basic rates of pay Cumulative years of service Commissioned officers 2 2 3 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 Years O 10 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 1580010 1580010 1580010 1580010 O 9 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 1507860 1529640 1561020 1580010 O 8 1066890 1101870 1125060 1131540 1160490 1208820 1220070 1265970 1279170 1318710 1375950 1428720 1463940 1463940 1463940 O 7 886530 927690 946770 961920 989340 1016460 1047780 1079010 1110360 1208820 1291920 1291920 1291920 1291920 1298550 O 6 672270 738570 787050 787050 790050 823920 828390 828390 875430 958680 1007520 1056330 1084140 1112310 1166820 O 5 560430 631350 675000 683250 710550 726840 762720 789090 823080 875130 899850 924360 952140 952140 952140 O 4 483540 559740 597120 605400 640080 677280 723600 759630 784650 799050 807390 807390 807390 807390 807390 O 3 425160 481920 520140 567150 594360 624150 643440 675120 691680 691680 691680 691680 691680 691680 691680 O 2 367350 418380 481830 498120 508380 508380 508380 508380 508380 508380 508380 508380 508380 508380 508380 O 1 318840 331890 401190 401190 401190 401190 401190 401190 401190 401190 401190 401190 401190 401190 401190 Data published by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense Personnel Readiness Major US airline jet Pay grade
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