Rotorhead
I'll chime in again from the spinny wings side. 15+yr medium firefighting helicopter pilot.
$170,000 base pay (same as 2022)
$42,600 flight + bonus pay (big bump from 2022)
$3485 per diem
$6100 3% 401k match
$222,185 Total Gross
≈250hrs flown
≈200 days worked, 140 away from home
Nice pay bump from last year but determined to join you non-rotational wing having pilots this year. QoL is quite poor, away 28 days/month during fire season plus lots of other nonsense. Thanks to this thread for helping me make my decision despite making decent/very good money in the helicopter world!