Airline pilots
1 opening, read from the employers' own websites. Airline pilots fly for the scheduled and cargo airlines, which hire under Part 121: first officers who hold an airline transport pilot certificate with 1,500 hours (1,000 or 1,250 under the restricted certificate from an approved college programme or military service), and captains promoted from within. Pay is set by union contract at nearly every airline and rises with seat and years of service; the figures below are the national spread across all airline pilots.
By state
Openings newest first
| Opening | Employer | Where | Kind | Pay, as stated | Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation Sovereign Captain (PIC) and First Officer (SIC) | Best Jets | St Paul, Minnesota | Airline pilots | — | November 7, 2026 |
What it pays Airline pilots, copilots and flight engineers · the Bureau of Labor Statistics' wage survey,
- Median a year
- $232,140
- Lowest tenth to highest tenth
- $106,710 to $463,830
- Middle half
- $182,280 to $384,440
- Mean
- $288,650
- Employed, nationally
- 103,560
National figures for the occupation as the survey defines it (code 53-2011); an opening's own pay, where the employer states it, is shown on its page. The survey's page.
Sources: the employers' own websites and their hiring systems' public boards; pay: the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.