Pilot salary
What a pilot actually earns, from 121 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-09-06.
What the number means
A pilot earns a blended US median near 158,669 dollars, with the typical middle running from 115,787 dollars to 147,483 dollars. The official OEWS median is higher, 226,600 dollars, because job ads skew toward the roles that pay below the occupation-wide average. The official trend has moved up about 54 percent since 2019. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is executive assistant, at 16 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
Open pilot roles
Live openings tagged to this occupation, from company career pages and remote boards. Apply at the source.
- SUPERVISORY AIRCRAFT PILOT -Title 32 at Army National Guard UnitsWest Bend, Wisconsin$149k–$194k4d agoApply
- HELICOPTER PILOT at Headquarters, Air Force Reserve CommandDavis Monthan AFB, Arizona$132k–$171k5d agoApply
Piloto De Camión De 10T at AlaisaHeredia1w agoApply- Robot Pilot at Rhoda AiMunich, Germany2w agoApply
Pilot at SpaceXNV · Remote2w agoApply- Pilot Tender at U.S. Army Corps of EngineersVicksburg, Mississippi$60k–$79k2w agoApply
Switzerland · official wage bands
median CHF 7'507/month
Swiss postings do not state pay, so these are not posted salaries: they are the federal wage survey (Lohnstrukturerhebung 2024) for the ISCO group 31 Ingenieurtechnische und vergleichbare Fachkräfte: standardized gross monthly, full-time, 13th salary included pro rata. The band covers the whole occupation group, which is coarser than this occupation alone.
Annual ≈ CHF 90'084 at the median. Source: Bundesamt für Statistik, LSE 2024.
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- Texas$214,670
- Arizona$198,800
- Minnesota$184,560
- Nevada$180,600
- North Carolina$154,360
- Alabama$134,430
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Quick answers
How much does a pilot make?
The blended US median is about 158,669 dollars, with a typical range from 115,787 dollars to 147,483 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 226,600 dollars.
What can a pilot move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is executive assistant, at 16 percent skill coverage. Run the instrument for the full set of reachable moves.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 53-2011. Live corpus 121 observations, 2026-09-06. Definitions in the glossary.