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What airline pilots make
Median
$232,140
Bottom tenth
$106,710
Top tenth
$463,830
The median is $232,140 a year. The bottom tenth earn $106,710 or less and the top tenth $463,830 or more, in 2025 figures. Read this carefully: the survey counts pilots at scheduled airlines only. Commercial pilots, the survey group for charter, air tour and similar flying, had a 2025 median of $123,220, and almost everyone spends a few years in that kind of work first.