Commercial Pilots Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Commercial Pilots positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$122,670

National average

Salary Range

$59,330 – N/A

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Commercial Pilots Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
Connecticut$227,140$151,320N/A
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$227,140$170,390N/A
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$224,840$79,820N/A
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$189,090$78,910N/A
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$188,920$75,850N/A
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$180,790$73,290$208,520
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$177,300$62,690N/A
New York$172,500$72,710N/A
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$170,000$82,710N/A
Lexington Park, MD$168,470$114,310$219,700
Knoxville, TN$167,740$90,800$200,380
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$167,210$63,140N/A
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$163,810$71,520$217,250
Richmond, VA$163,750$73,860$223,180
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$163,530$72,490N/A
Texas$162,930$63,140N/A
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$161,250$53,270N/A
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$160,780$70,330N/A
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$160,550$85,630N/A
Oklahoma City, OK$160,200$56,620$216,630
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$160,160$73,490$215,250
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$159,990$73,130$215,010
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$158,580$75,340$203,650
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$158,330$55,850$216,990
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$157,580$76,870N/A
Delaware$155,640$86,610N/A
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$155,170$64,370N/A
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$153,990$105,580$183,420
Chattanooga, TN-GA$153,600$86,600$202,080
Port St. Lucie, FL$153,290$64,500N/A
Manchester-Nashua, NH$149,990$104,150$182,290
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$149,330$56,040N/A
Omaha, NE-IA$147,310$46,210$199,100
Boulder, CO$141,380$31,110$177,880
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$141,330$92,220$182,250
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$139,550$61,060N/A
Georgia$139,350$79,990N/A
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$139,350$93,750N/A
Massachusetts$137,150$75,890N/A
Rochester, NY$135,350$59,730N/A
Maine$134,990$70,960N/A
Kansas City, MO-KS$134,100$63,830$208,190
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$133,990$50,440N/A
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$133,520$72,390N/A
Bismarck, ND$133,500$74,880N/A
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$133,180$62,740N/A
Killeen-Temple, TX$133,140$50,880$182,970
Nevada$132,490$50,440N/A
Cedar Rapids, IA$132,110$45,250$173,020
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$132,030$79,990$230,550
Pittsburgh, PA$131,610$66,260$169,230
Greensboro-High Point, NC$131,510$66,310N/A
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$131,500$49,150N/A
Wilmington, NC$131,400$51,860$200,810
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$131,250$74,170N/A
Naples-Marco Island, FL$131,010$79,700$233,000
Reading, PA$130,880$79,550$216,470
Michigan$130,560$63,550$224,740
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$130,560$64,990$218,270
Florida$130,530$60,520N/A
Maryland$130,510$79,990$222,580
Pennsylvania$129,540$66,550$218,160
Raleigh-Cary, NC$129,130$63,960N/A
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$129,130$65,720N/A
Columbia, SC$128,740$79,990N/A
Colorado Springs, CO$127,740$66,760$167,040
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$126,900$60,060$208,630
North Carolina$126,740$63,050N/A
Wyoming$126,570$49,150N/A
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$126,030$50,900$218,250
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$125,690$72,420N/A
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$124,080$66,800N/A
Missouri$124,060$73,730$203,580
Washington$123,530$57,280N/A
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area$123,260$72,010$192,710
Jacksonville, FL$123,120$60,460$210,540
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$122,840$45,740$208,370
Colorado$122,700$50,900$205,570
Lexington-Fayette, KY$122,390$58,040N/A
California$122,100$59,790N/A
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$121,390$88,560$219,160
Louisiana$120,710$77,590$165,290
Cleveland, OH$120,280$61,300$216,200
South Carolina$119,810$49,500$197,470
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$119,440$57,780$218,380
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$119,410$60,440$217,980
Tennessee$119,330$66,590$203,660
Minnesota$117,960$55,630$205,380
Toledo, OH$117,740$52,000$194,650
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$116,370$59,070$212,010
Mobile, AL$116,190$78,680$167,500
Ohio$116,050$52,490$210,290
Columbus, OH$116,050$38,880$211,920
Virginia$115,490$55,740$226,420
Missoula, MT$114,290$54,920$132,230
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$114,260$80,030$172,400
Fargo, ND-MN$113,580$71,440$162,050
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$113,240$77,220$213,380
Bend, OR$112,930$49,970N/A
Oregon$112,620$51,820N/A
Fayetteville, NC$112,260$50,030$215,630
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$112,260$71,830$125,840
Chico, CA$112,080$62,730$211,090
Springfield, MO$111,980$59,320$192,710
Stockton-Lodi, CA$111,630$65,880$214,410
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$111,500$65,470$222,240
North Dakota$111,120$60,070$209,580
Anchorage, AK$111,070$77,750N/A
Alaska$110,930$65,400N/A
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$109,770$61,360$163,840
Midland, TX$109,410$66,800$204,690
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$109,270$58,480$215,810
Oklahoma$108,200$56,620$216,630
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$108,180$58,360N/A
St. George, UT$107,720$47,230$224,000
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$107,710$78,970$161,590
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$107,520$62,010$179,200
Salem, OR$107,340$52,670$136,060
Jackson, MS$107,030$70,830$226,460
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$106,970$28,690$164,380
Medford, OR$106,870$57,680N/A
Alabama$106,840$50,700$138,380
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$106,840$67,800$137,870
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$106,640$61,860N/A
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$106,240$76,210$128,430
Billings, MT$105,630$34,860$134,220
Reno, NV$105,400$56,990$164,730
Illinois$105,290$60,860N/A
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$105,270$63,050$150,050
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$105,030$71,270$166,870
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$104,950$44,980N/A
Corpus Christi, TX$104,910$58,270$228,290
Ann Arbor, MI$104,630$63,550$161,840
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$103,750$56,060$130,210
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$103,750$56,390$209,400
Ogden, UT$103,650$53,610$216,050
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$103,640$26,880$201,220
Baton Rouge, LA$103,540$50,970$163,590
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$103,430$45,470$168,500
Boise City, ID$103,420$61,610$205,780
Wichita, KS$103,400$48,690$166,950
Kansas$103,400$45,170$171,100
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$103,300$53,000$211,290
Wisconsin$103,290$56,950$209,100
Montana$103,110$55,130$142,970
West Montana nonmetropolitan area$103,110$83,360$165,050
Idaho$103,090$60,340$205,780
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$102,960$62,770N/A
Lafayette, LA$102,790$77,300$159,960
West Virginia$102,640$60,180$165,290
Hawaii$102,390$41,750$169,190
Tucson, AZ$102,280$59,950$153,250
Arizona$102,280$55,130$201,150
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$102,130$62,010$216,690
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area$102,020$54,690$164,230
Tulsa, OK$101,830$71,870$228,820
South Florida nonmetropolitan area$101,500$64,670$211,640
Modesto, CA$101,450$69,690$238,090
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$101,330$64,990$206,930
Rhode Island$101,330$64,990N/A
Kentucky$101,290$63,190$225,060
Grand Forks, ND-MN$101,280$57,290$163,790
Utah$101,160$47,690$209,400
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$101,140$75,590$158,460
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$101,060$49,140N/A
Iowa$101,040$54,310$178,260
El Paso, TX$100,440$38,130$214,140
Fairbanks-College, AK$100,190$87,120$155,290
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$100,180$63,680$205,350
Nebraska$100,150$38,050$179,990
St. Louis, MO-IL$100,000$66,600$194,660
Longview, TX$99,990$52,600$190,720
Mississippi$99,920$70,480$227,930
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$99,670$51,060$171,290
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$99,500$50,800$165,770
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$99,050$63,250$156,120
Eau Claire, WI$99,050$59,400$208,070
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$98,820$28,690$171,320
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$98,790$77,590$137,770
Arizona nonmetropolitan area$98,470$61,900$201,150
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$98,260$42,810$229,150
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$98,100$57,770N/A
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$97,710$45,070$160,770
Birmingham, AL$97,690$57,690$174,470
Madison, WI$97,660$46,680$171,750
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$97,560$79,020$154,040
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$96,740$61,980$132,480
Indiana$96,730$53,510$163,580
Vermont$95,660$54,170$227,500
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$95,620$49,240$207,800
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$95,020$69,790$210,540
Albuquerque, NM$94,990$49,990$162,140
Fort Wayne, IN$94,910$42,020$163,840
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area$94,800$67,780$157,490
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$94,510$49,530$202,920
Tallahassee, FL$94,490$54,990$164,120
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$94,390$84,800$118,090
Huntsville, AL$92,610$39,990$123,300
Salinas, CA$91,780$38,380$173,100
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$91,520$56,810$211,500
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$90,350$36,620$131,100
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$89,480$47,390$200,010
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$87,810$63,570$115,450
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$87,280$63,360$165,730
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$86,790$65,270$103,610
Lubbock, TX$86,560$52,590$222,070
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$85,560$41,990N/A
New Mexico$85,140$56,010$148,920
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$85,140$62,890$143,050
Urban Honolulu, HI$85,050$36,450$166,940
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$84,880$45,500$180,120
Arkansas$84,140$43,930$200,000
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$83,800$51,990$126,970
Helena, MT$83,480$51,400$125,180
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$83,300$45,000$181,460
Montgomery, AL$82,710$57,790$116,380
Akron, OH$82,600$38,520$166,400
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$82,160$72,020$144,270
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$82,110$41,610$106,240
Duluth, MN-WI$81,830$29,990$187,220
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$81,650$63,190$115,450
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$81,260$54,990$203,890
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$80,180$47,640$144,400
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$80,090$80,090$232,830
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$79,620$46,160$106,640
Puerto Rico$79,610$46,160$106,640
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$79,330$40,210$155,410
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$78,560$48,670$202,040
Vallejo, CA$77,040$64,480$168,660
Fresno, CA$76,250$50,010$199,620
South Dakota$75,740$49,770$153,600
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$75,710$62,670$150,080
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$75,410$40,910$179,200
Merced, CA$74,840$35,810$154,830
Visalia, CA$74,240$48,250$209,840
Rapid City, SD$72,910$45,780$135,420
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$71,670$32,430$140,890
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$69,990$39,210$159,400
Flagstaff, AZ$66,390$37,290$103,440
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$63,530$59,000$153,600
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$63,080$48,640$153,600
New Hampshire$60,920$21,300$154,220
Tuscaloosa, AL$58,510$33,490$126,560
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$55,980$38,000$102,460

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Commercial Pilots make?β–Ύ

The median annual salary for a Commercial Pilots is $122,670, with a typical range of $59,330 – N/A depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Commercial Pilots?β–Ύ

Entry-level Commercial Pilots positions typically start around $59,330 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Commercial Pilotss earn the most?β–Ύ

Commercial Pilotss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.