Mostly year 5 (few months of year 4) AA 737 FO:

Gross (everything but 401k): $207,200
Company’s 401k DC: $32,400

No premium and I take my vacation, but I did work 171 days for the year. That’s a little more than 14 per month. I favor high value trips, so while 14 days per month isn’t bad, it’s a lot of flying while out on the road - almost 800 block hours.

Jetblue E190 FO
Half 2nd yr pay pre-CBA rate
Half 3rd yr pay CBA rate
Gross: $120,000
15% DC
550 block

Allegiant 2/3 yr FO
live in base
Fly a lot in busy months bid reserve slow months
130K
525 hrs flown
Plus 10% 401K

UAL A320 Capt. 12 year pay
4 months as a 756 FO/ 2 months in training
287K gross
36.5K 401K b&c fund
13K spill over to health retirement acct.
blocked 580

DL 717 CA
Year 12
$340K not including per diem, not including 16%DC until 401k limit.
720hrs block

Swa yr 3 FO
$179k
$6400 of that is per diem, $2800 is cash from profit sharing spillover
$25k to the 401k - B fund
$14.5k profit sharing (from 2017)
~ total for 2018 - $218,500

Around 780 hrs flown. Pick up a couple day trips or a 2 day a month. Avg 15 or so off a month.

I personally find this thread enlightening every year and use to as a sort of measuring stick for how everyone stacks up in the industry, certainly not to make myself feel better. It always amazes me how different people with different bidding strategies and flying habits at different places are doing pay wise. You always hear this and that or read things but until people lay it out here, it is hard to add context.

For me:
SWA year 4/5 FO commuter so rarely sit reserve.
Kid in private college and I am writing checks to pay for tuition so I work more than that average pilot but am not a varsity level “player”. Average 135tfp per month.
This year has seen a big manning swing in the right seat (hopefully temporary) so a plentiful inventory of open time used to mean I could manipulate my schedule and work 14-15 days and end up in the 130-140 tfp range, but that has changed and since summer there has been zero premium open time.

Total gross on paystub - $218,114
Perdiem - $7,173
Company 401k - $30,972
Profit sharing - $23,518 (2017 contribution paid this year)
Block - used to hover around 700-750 but since October has been above 800.
Days worked - depends on the month. Summer 14-16 days, now around 16-18 days to make up for lack of quality open time.

American Eagle "Envoy"
-21 years
-166k
-108 days worked (no weekends, no holidays)
-81 overnights
-commuter
-31.7k 401k, (8% match and 18.5k contribution)

12 year UAL guy


Jan through early June a 777FO
Late June mid July training
Late July through Dec 320CA


Total gross including per diem and profit sharing in addition to the regular earnings: $313,300


B-Plan: $46,000


Total $359,300 more or less.


Block for the year: 675hrs


Don't know the days off. Training jacked that up anyway. 2019 will be a better judge.





On paper looking only at total earnings, I made five grand less this year by upgrading... whoops... So that's why I'm more senior as a 320CA than a 777FO






In actuality, it has a lot to do with the $14k less profit sharing between 2017 and 2018 along with not working hard..er playing the game.. on the 777 the first half of the year like I did the year prior. The delta between the two seats should be considerably better in 2019.


As it stands my regular earnings for 2018 is $285,600 for 1125hrs of pay (with a sizable portion of the 2018 hrs being on the lower 777FO pay rate) vs $279,500 for 1234hrs of pay in 2017.