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What airline pilots make
Typical
$108,000
First officer, regional
$50,000
Captain, major airline
$220,000
Job Bank's national median is $52 an hour, about $108,000 a year full time. Airline pay is really set by seniority and aircraft size, not by an hourly rate. A first officer at a regional airline starts near the bottom, a captain on a wide-body jet sits near the top.