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Read this range carefully

The national median here is $123,220 a year with the bottom tenth near $58,850, but those are figures for commercial pilots, and there is no separate national wage line for drone pilots. That occupation is mostly people flying crewed charters, air tours and air ambulances. The federal occupation description does include operating large drones commercially, which is why drone work is counted here, but somebody who only flies small drones should plan on the bottom of this range or below.