End of year salary survey
#471
New Hire
Joined APC: Apr 2019
Posts: 9
That’s working half the month and home with the family the other half. Of course, you have to live in domicile to make the extra money. If I was single and wanted to chase the greenbacks as a 3rd year FO i could have easily made over 300k. So many opportunities at Southwest. I was hired in late 2015.
#474
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Mar 2017
Posts: 588
The bad thing about averaging a high credit each month is that becomes what the wife expects EVERY month, lol.
#476
New Hire
Joined APC: Apr 2019
Posts: 9
I would say that over a 20 year career living in domicile you can at least put a 2 and possibly a 3 in front of that 7 figures. As a 5 year FO by picking up a few extra days a month I will make what a commuting captain makes that just commutes in and flies his line. People don’t realize how much more you can make and such a better QOL it is living in base. Those 6-8 days that a commuter stresses going back and forth I can work 4 turns and make thousands more a month and be home by the afternoon with my family.
#477
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Joined APC: Jun 2015
Posts: 4,116
Income multipliers in this job ebb and flow through a career.
You are clearly in the 'flow' right now. ....so a direct extrapolation is probably not entirely applicable.
But even so....living in a domicile makes a huge difference in qol and earnings over a career.
You are clearly in the 'flow' right now. ....so a direct extrapolation is probably not entirely applicable.
But even so....living in a domicile makes a huge difference in qol and earnings over a career.
#479
Gets Weekend Reserve
Joined APC: Jul 2007
Posts: 3,617
#480
A lot of different factors:
-Pay Entry Base Date and Active Duty Base Date are two different things. I.e. you could’ve started Officer Candidate School during college (Pay Entry Base Date Year) but only start active duty after college. So you could have 6 years of active duty but your pay is for an 8 year rank.
-Flight Pay earns you another ~$150-$800/month
-Basic Allowance for Housing can add another ~$800-$4000/month. I’m on the lower end for my location.
-Other random pay (language, special skills, etc)
-Pay Entry Base Date and Active Duty Base Date are two different things. I.e. you could’ve started Officer Candidate School during college (Pay Entry Base Date Year) but only start active duty after college. So you could have 6 years of active duty but your pay is for an 8 year rank.
-Flight Pay earns you another ~$150-$800/month
-Basic Allowance for Housing can add another ~$800-$4000/month. I’m on the lower end for my location.
-Other random pay (language, special skills, etc)
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