| Average Annual Wages and Salaries - PILOT AND CO-PILOT PERSONNEL | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NO ADJUSTMENTS MADE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | ||
| American | $ 112,190 | $ 116,470 | $ 131,651 | $ 137,971 | $ 130,099 | $ 132,477 | $ 123,244 | $ 126,335 | $ 130,019 | $ 129,947 | $ 137,734 | $ 137,734 | $ 138,290 | $ 138,792 | $ 137,482 | $ 139,872 | $ 139,963 | $ 140,689 | $ 147,312 | $ 151,558 | $ 206,244 | $ 214,549 | $ 236,233 | $ 229,890 | $ 238,695 | $ 249,841 | |
| Continental | $ 90,461 | $ 108,561 | $ 124,152 | $ 154,401 | $ 161,395 | $ 166,752 | $ 163,624 | $ 136,686 | $ 140,028 | $ 145,061 | $ 128,724 | $ 123,618 | $ 133,318 | $ 136,253 | $ 150,211 | $ 156,458 | $ 178,727 | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | |
| Delta | $ 129,315 | $ 134,016 | $ 131,249 | $ 121,885 | $ 143,880 | $ 150,549 | $ 185,982 | $ 173,365 | $ 197,380 | $ 209,330 | $ 155,532 | $ 127,268 | $ 128,756 | $ 125,616 | $ 132,374 | $ 142,801 | $ 149,925 | $ 158,227 | $ 181,804 | $ 193,555 | $ 195,379 | $ 228,112 | $ 223,849 | $ 230,669 | $ 251,842 | $ 235,285 | |
| Northwest | $ 154,635 | $ 131,641 | $ 126,107 | $ 142,578 | $ 128,100 | $ 134,441 | $ 138,427 | $ 148,084 | $ 161,931 | $ 169,208 | $ 143,618 | $ 117,556 | $ 132,009 | $ 120,798 | $ 179,982 | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | |
| United | $ 135,728 | $ 146,249 | $ 147,212 | $ 135,886 | $ 117,920 | $ 132,126 | $ 138,627 | $ 184,429 | $ 116,998 | $ 132,010 | $ 115,242 | $ 114,985 | $ 115,711 | $ 119,543 | $ 125,465 | $ 124,228 | $ 125,690 | $ 135,004 | $ 164,581 | $ 185,430 | $ 185,102 | $ 214,090 | $ 240,514 | $ 250,319 | $ 257,376 | $ 255,695 | |
| US Airways | $ 127,154 | $ 132,437 | $ 135,623 | $ 135,762 | $ 128,722 | $ 119,513 | $ 157,090 | $ 153,587 | $ 154,638 | $ 132,741 | $ 120,124 | $ 86,958 | $ 72,119 | $ 113,851 | $ 111,329 | $ 110,199 | $ 109,535 | $ 118,240 | $ 121,069 | $ 157,127 | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | |
| America West | $ 77,093 | $ 82,589 | $ 86,289 | $ 85,117 | $ 75,045 | $ 99,221 | $ 99,301 | $ 92,148 | $ 92,111 | $ 100,269 | $ 101,279 | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | |
| --sub Network | $ 124,353 | $ 128,147 | $ 132,550 | $ 134,301 | $ 129,881 | $ 136,773 | $ 146,041 | $ 150,515 | $ 145,082 | $ 150,572 | $ 133,466 | $ 115,557 | $ 122,533 | $ 127,046 | $ 137,238 | $ 136,685 | $ 142,032 | $ 141,902 | $ 160,495 | $ 175,846 | $ 195,950 | $ 218,935 | $ 233,209 | $ 236,231 | $ 248,808 | $ 246,465 | |
| Southwest | $ 107,109 | $ 106,862 | $ 110,905 | $ - | $ 109,958 | $ 110,601 | $ 112,259 | $ 117,558 | $ 130,069 | $ 144,511 | $ 157,420 | $ 165,882 | $ 167,112 | $ 172,750 | $ 176,977 | $ 192,289 | $ 203,196 | $ 187,551 | $ 194,598 | $ 197,782 | $ 230,626 | $ 244,437 | $ 241,610 | $ 239,971 | $ 245,344 | $ 330,089 | |
| AirTran | $ 54,838 | $ 65,770 | $ 68,926 | $ 75,335 | $ 85,709 | $ 89,593 | $ 98,055 | $ 95,809 | $ 96,527 | $ 99,311 | $ 100,952 | $ 104,265 | $ 108,549 | $ 128,225 | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | ||||
| jetBlue | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ 22,132 | $ 56,644 | $ 93,332 | $ 93,532 | $ 95,841 | $ 96,734 | $ 98,927 | $ 105,893 | $ 107,647 | $ 124,680 | $ 140,546 | $ 139,744 | $ 139,687 | $ 147,109 | $ 148,428 | $ 149,341 | $ 154,502 | $ 173,230 | $ 188,036 | $ 217,230 | $ 201,820 | |
| Alaska | $ 104,893 | $ 106,838 | $ 114,791 | $ 52,344 | $ 52,773 | $ 132,140 | $ 141,808 | $ 151,734 | $ 163,211 | $ 160,974 | $ 145,953 | $ 129,620 | $ 130,022 | $ 132,878 | $ 163,096 | $ 50,627 | $ 50,855 | $ 155,024 | $ 159,858 | $ 159,839 | $ 154,615 | $ 154,155 | $ 162,389 | $ 196,568 | $ 195,406 | $ 177,111 | |
| Virgin America | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ 73,576 | $ 27,767 | $ 31,414 | $ 92,073 | $ 106,630 | $ 134,541 | $ 149,428 | $ 149,717 | $ 145,201 | $ - | $ - | $ - | |
| Hawaiian | $ 74,565 | $ 75,803 | $ 79,762 | $ 76,402 | $ 1,859,096 | $ 79,289 | $ 90,924 | $ 111,463 | $ 105,289 | $ 121,216 | $ 132,782 | $ 125,350 | $ 126,812 | $ - | $ 117,351 | $ 120,097 | $ 117,354 | $ 119,225 | $ 134,667 | $ 145,434 | $ 149,362 | $ 141,059 | $ 172,163 | $ 187,487 | $ 186,249 | $ 200,862 | |
| --sub Hybrid | $ 103,842 | $ 104,542 | $ 102,916 | $ 54,662 | $ 84,289 | $ 105,916 | $ 111,242 | $ 118,960 | $ 127,079 | $ 136,056 | $ 138,683 | $ 138,864 | $ 140,663 | $ 142,283 | $ 151,469 | $ 125,116 | $ 129,611 | $ 167,527 | $ 174,470 | $ 177,957 | $ 195,769 | $ 203,458 | $ 207,562 | $ 218,433 | $ 226,985 | $ 264,919 | |
| Allegiant | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ 47,559 | $ 47,861 | $ 56,870 | $ 65,419 | $ 83,839 | $ 89,398 | $ 87,993 | $ 98,891 | $ 101,330 | $ 103,747 | $ 116,721 | $ 156,931 | $ 182,123 | $ 163,672 | $ 146,069 | |
| Frontier | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ 27,592 | $ 29,091 | $ 37,516 | $ 102,065 | $ 109,865 | $ 110,417 | $ 112,256 | $ 99,879 | $ 102,726 | $ 108,905 | $ 107,707 | $ 96,119 | $ 101,126 | $ 113,250 | $ 116,122 | $ 114,868 | $ 125,811 | $ 160,260 | $ 151,025 | $ 144,334 | $ 212,074 | $ 186,441 | $ 180,650 | |
| Spirit | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ 16,695 | $ 71,178 | $ 65,784 | $ 69,585 | $ 80,443 | $ 82,994 | $ 99,666 | $ 107,439 | $ 111,506 | $ 92,760 | $ 109,932 | $ 113,327 | $ 113,941 | $ 116,276 | $ 107,931 | $ 109,422 | $ 113,086 | $ 120,251 | $ 99,913 | $ 132,720 | $ 161,316 | $ 163,976 | |
| -- sub ULCC | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ 27,592 | $ 21,832 | $ 47,899 | $ 84,129 | $ 90,759 | $ 93,292 | $ 92,497 | $ 87,177 | $ 95,994 | $ 98,148 | $ 91,785 | $ 93,082 | $ 100,970 | $ 107,790 | $ 109,621 | $ 108,207 | $ 112,994 | $ 126,715 | $ 129,344 | $ 126,094 | $ 166,043 | $ 169,545 | $ 165,406 | |
| Total All Sectors | $ 122,484 | $ 125,634 | $ 128,213 | $ 127,624 | $ 122,144 | $ 132,295 | $ 141,267 | $ 145,441 | $ 141,393 | $ 146,832 | $ 133,283 | $ 119,858 | $ 125,858 | $ 129,391 | $ 139,374 | $ 132,125 | $ 137,065 | $ 147,396 | $ 161,926 | $ 173,343 | $ 191,995 | $ 209,140 | $ 218,441 | $ 225,919 | $ 236,239 | $ 244,258 | |
| Note: Shaded data means data appear questionable. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data Source: US DOT Form 41 via BTS, Schedule P5.2 & P10. Average Wages = Total Pilot/Copilot Wages and Salaries (P5.2)/ Total Pilots and Copilots (P10) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Note: Does not include any profit sharing reported outside of Schedule P-5.2 (some airlines appear to report profit sharing for pilots in Schedule P-6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||