Originally Posted by
Climbto450
When I interviewed in 2010 in LGB on G450/550 the starting pay was 85k. I turned it down for JetBlue, the high end potential was only about 100k as an instructor.
100K puts you at the 84th percentile of income in the US. So "only" is probably not an accurate descriptor. However, living in LGB that probably works out to about 50K elsewhere given the perceived cost of living and taxation. In Texas they let you keep your $$$. Well, most of it anyway.