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What helicopter pilots make
Median
$108,000
Lower end
$50,000
Upper end
$220,000
Job Bank's national median is $52 an hour, about $108,000 a year at 40 hours a week. Read that carefully: the figures cover the whole air pilot group, which includes airline pilots, so they are not helicopter pay alone. A first season is often part flying, part ground work.