A new hire will be on the 18 day training schedule through IOE, ballpark 3 months until awarded 7-7. Figure about 7-10% soft money for holidays, regular OT, maybe the odd after-midnight. Then add another $8-10K-ish of FDPP and night pay during their 9 months on the line (33% of which goes to 401K, not paycheck).

By my admittedly ROUGH math, a new-hire can realistically bank on about $85-90K first year. Maybe a touch more if they end up in a busy fleet and make extra FDPP.

Someone with a sharper pencil can probably fine tune that a bit. But don’t even THINK about including per diem in the calculation please...