Pay Comparison NPV 401K
Delta B737 $3,727,251 $3,106,603
United B737 $3,712,194 $3,094,365
Alaska Airlines B737 $3,482,399 $2,802,202
Horizon Air $1,630,288
SkyWest $1,603,430
Constants/Assumptions
Company 401(k) Contribution/Match 15 - 16%
Monthly Credit Hours: 80
Net Present Value Percentage: 4%
401K Assumptions
Rate 0.07
N 1
Time(years) 1
Not accounted for:
Cost of Commuting
For me it is quality of life. All things being almost equal, where can I be based where I want to live, do I want to move, or do I want to commute.
This data is lifetime earnings for a mid-30s person joining the airlines converted into 2018 dollars, hence Net Present Value. Please check my math.
On average, over a career at Delta, United, American, Southwest, or Alaska in 2018 dollars you'll make $3.6 million. Average annual income just over $200,000 on a 30 year career, working just about half the year. According to USA Today, super reliable, you'll be making more annually than, wait, than 95.8% of the country. You'll almost be in the 1% club, not too shabby, even at Alaska Airlines, for only working half the year.
If you want to live and play in the Pacific Northwest then Alaska Airlines is a good company with strong financial record that will probably weather the coming economic downturn just fine. If not, go somewhere else, if you get a phone call.
As for OO and QX, probably close in pay, OO doesn't have a union, where as QX does. It might not be a whole lot but, its something.