Those numbers are crazy low. You can make more than the average Captain's salary as an F/O by year 2 or 3 at a major. Maybe there's a lot of perks or something other than pay that keep pilots there.

With the top tier or HNWI departments, you'd likely be offered several "soft benefits" you will not find with the majors. Combine that with initial schedule, commuting & 3-5 legs a day......many of us are quite happy to stay put. It would take me years to break even with pay & even longer to find a comparable schedule to what I'm currently provided.

Salary surveys are self-selecting by the respondents; I wouldn’t put much stock in them as “absolutes”. Plenty of large-cabin pilots do better, esp with HNWI owners. A friend of mine lost his son in Iraq; his owner chartered jets to fly all his family and guests to the funeral and attended himself. Hard to price that out.

GF

Can someone provide what a 7X would pay? Looking to leave a crappy A320 job. Thanks in advance.

120-150k to start in a major city area, captains 175-200k. Possibly more, rates are going up. Don’t fixated on type, but on the job unless you have a type in the 7X. Day rates are 1600-2000 per.

GF

Thanks GF.

The 7X is what I got a line on but I am interested in any large cabin jet in the area. I can afford to be picky at this point.

Jet IV Base Salary

Min 94,000
Max 209,000
Median 144,000

Jet IV Total Comp

Min 102,000
Max 245,000
Median 159,000

Jet IV aircraft category is based on weight, 45k-80k
Above data from NBAA 2017 survey

Would someone be kind enough to post the Jet V NBAA numbers?
Comparing them to the Pro Pilot numbers.

NBAA 2017 Jet V, Senior CA, Total Cash Compensation (Table 44)

Avg: 197,475
Min: 135,400
Max: 282,000
Median:190,000
90th %: 249,724

For just plain old CA those same data points are (Table 55):

166,152
92,500
254,404
165,000
210,000

I think "Senior CA" has some additional duties, instructs junior personnel, flies multiple types, etc.

Anybody got the full salary survey they can put on here?