Know What
Airline Pilots
Actually Earn
Verified, anonymous compensation reports from real pilots at America's top carriers. Total comp — not just base pay.
- $382,761
- Avg. Total Comp
- 24
- Airlines
- 48
- Reports
Free · Anonymous · No name or employee number ever published
Reports From the Flight Deck
Real compensation data from captains and first officers at major carriers.
Envoy Air · CA
$210,000
Republic Airways · FO
$139,700
Republic Airways · FO
$96,000
United Airlines · FO
$358,500
American Airlines · FO
$342,000
United Airlines · FO
$300,100
United Airlines · CA
$500,750
United Airlines · CA
$370,000
- $382,761
- Average total compensation
- 48
- Reports submitted
- 24
- Airlines tracked
- 48
- Verified pilots
Includes flight pay, profit sharing, 401k, benefits
By verified airline pilots
Major, cargo, and regional carriers
Anonymous, account-verified contributors
Filing a report takes five minutes
Run it once a year, the way you'd run any other checklist. Every report sharpens the number the next pilot sees.
Your name, employee number, and base never appear on a published report.
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Pay data Entered
Open your W-2 and year-end statement, then add flight pay, per diem, profit sharing, 401(k), and benefits.
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Database Unlocked
Compare total compensation and productivity side by side across carriers, aircraft, and seats.
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Start your reportTop Paying Airlines
Ranked by average total compensation reported for 2025 — flight pay, profit sharing, retirement, and benefits together.
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Delta Air Lines6 reports$465,636 -
2
United Airlines15 reports$421,476 -
3
United Parcel Service1 report$417,145 -
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American Airlines8 reports$402,425 -
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Southwest Airlines5 reports$373,130 -
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Alaska Airlines5 reports$326,500
Carriers tracked 24
View airline profilesNot Just Base Pay
Airline pilot compensation is complex. Most salary sites publish base pay alone, which misses half the picture.
Total Compensation
Flight pay, profit sharing, per diem, 401(k) contributions, and employer health benefits, tracked separately so you can see where the money comes from.
Anonymous & Verified
Every report comes from a pilot with a verified account, and none of them carry a name. Real earnings, no identifying detail.
Productivity Metrics
Pay per credit hour, pay per block hour, and credit-to-block ratio — what each airline pays for a unit of your time.
Every line on the W-2
A published pilot salary is usually hourly rate times guarantee. That leaves out most of what lands in your account, so we collect each component on its own.
Figures are published against an airline, aircraft, and seat — never against a person.
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Flight pay
Hourly rate across the credit hours you actually flew.
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Profit sharing
The annual payout tied to how the company performed.
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Per diem
Tax-advantaged hourly expense pay earned on the road.
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401(k) match
Direct and matching employer retirement contributions.
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Health benefits
The employer-paid share of medical and dental premiums.
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Override & premium
Junior manning, green slips, and other premium pay.
Total Compensation $382,761
Platform average across every report on file.
Before you submit
Is my salary report really anonymous?
Yes. Reports are published without your name, employee number, or any identifying detail. We verify that you hold an account so the data stays trustworthy, but nothing that appears on the site can be traced back to you.
What counts as total compensation?
Everything you actually earned: flight pay, profit sharing, per diem, 401k employer contributions, health benefit value, and override or premium pay. Most salary sites publish only base pay, which understates airline pilot earnings by a wide margin.
Which airlines are covered?
Major, cargo, and regional carriers across the United States. Coverage grows with every report submitted, and each airline has its own profile page with pay, productivity, and fleet detail.
How much does it cost?
Nothing. Browsing reports and airline profiles is free, and submitting your own report is free. The database is built by pilots contributing their own numbers.
How long does submitting a report take?
A few minutes. You will need your W2 or year-end earnings statement to enter accurate totals, plus your airline, aircraft, and seat.
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