Ok...so there's a lot of discussion on here about what pilots are getting paid to fly certain types of equipment and it's always being broken down by seat. So to settle my own curiousity, I rated a couple regionals against Southwest and Delta to see what we make on average per hour per seat in aircraft. It's actually kind of sad. This is for a 5 year captain at the respective company:

Southwest (128 seat 737-300) - $1.43 per seat/hour
CHQ (50 Seat EMB-145) - $1.32 per seat/hour
XJT (50 Seat EMB-145) - $1.32 per seat/hour
Republic (70 Seat EMB-170) - $0.99 per seat/hour
GoJets (70 Seat CRJ-700) - $0.91 per seat/hour
Skywest (70 Seat CRJ-700) - $0.90 per seat/hour
Delta (178 Seat 757-200) - $0.82 per seat/hour
Mesa (86 Seat CRJ-900) - $0.78 per seat/hour

Just some food for thought.