Experience Salary ranges by flight hours Total Hours
Low
200 - 500 501 - 1000 1001 - 1500 1501 - 2000 2001 - 3000 3001 - 5000 5001 - 10000 10000+ 15000+
Extra pay increased from 2020 to 2021
It’s a mixed bag when it comes to pay raises, bonus/incentive pay, and compensation for extra work hours. The majority of our industry (74%) still received no pay raise, or a pay raise less than 3%. However, that number is down from last year’s 79%. In other words, more pilots
<45K (40%) <45K (33%) <45K (44%) <45K (10%) 60-70K (9%) 60-70K (4%) 60-70K (3%) 50-60K (3%) 70-80K (13%)
Median
50-60K (7%) 70-80K (13%) 70-80K (6%) 70-80K (16%) 80-90K (23%) 100-110K (25%) 110-130K (22%) 110-130K (16%) 100-110K (13%)
High
60-70K (7%) 100-110K (7%) 130-150K (11%) 100-110K (13%) 110-130K (8%) >175K (1%) >175K (23%) >175K (10%) >175K (13%)
Experience Salary ranges by years working as helicopter pilot
Years
0-5 Years 6-10 Years 11-15 Years
16-20 Years 21-25 Years 26-30 Years 30+ Years
Low
<45K (33%) 45-50K (1%) 50-60K (3%)
70-80K (9%) 60-70K (2%) 60-70K (3%) 60-70K (6%)
Median
60-70K (15%) 90-100K (14%) 90-100K (19%)
100-110K (21%) 110-130K (17%) 100-110K (17%) 110-130K (17%)
High
100-110K (4%) >175K (3%) >175K (8%)
>175K (9%) >175K (11%) >175K (23%) >175K (15%)
INSIGHT: When it comes to single- vs. multi-engine helicopters, the sooner you can get into multi-engines, the sooner you’ll make more money. Only 17% of all single-engine pilots reached the top salary ranges, compared to 42% of their multi-engine pilot counterparts.
received pay raises in 2021 compared to the year before.
The main factor for earning extra pay is overtime. The largest majority of pilots (56%) are paid overtime at 1.5 times their normal rate, which is up from 35% in
2017. A full 17% either get no extra pay for working extra hours or do not work extra hours at all; whereas 8% get paid straight time for extra hours worked. The remaining respondents’ compensations for extra hours were based on a variety of formulas.
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