Extra Pay and Extra Hours
It’s a mixed bag when it comes to pay raises, bonus/incentive pay, and compensation for extra work hours. A large portion of our industry (63%) still received no pay raise or a pay raise of less than 3%. However, that number is 9 percentage points below the 2021 number of 72%. In other words, more pilots received pay raises in 2024 compared to three years before. This is likely due to operators focusing more on pilot retention.
The main factor for earning extra pay is overtime. The largest segment of pilots (50%) are paid overtime at 1.5 times their normal rate, which is up from 47% just last year. It appears that operators
are either increasing the extra work pay benefit or getting creative in their offerings. For example, not only did we have an uptick in extra pay to two times the normal rate, but many pilots were happy to accept “comp time,” aka time off, in exchange for working extra hours.
A full 17% either get no extra pay for working extra hours or do not work extra hours at all. Whereas 4% get paid straight time for extra hours worked. The remaining respondents’ compensation for extra hours was based on a variety of formulas.
Question: What percent pay raise did you receive in 2024?
Question: What types of incentives/ bonus pay does your employer offer?
INSIGHT: MOONLIGHTING PILOTS •
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14% of pilots responded yes to the question, “Do you fly part-time (or as a contract pilot) to earn extra income outside of your full-time flying job?”
Pilots earned a broad range of income for moonlighting work, ranging between $5k (18% of moonlighters) to over $30k (8% of moonlighters).
Mar/Apr 2025
INSIGHT: VFR & IFR • •
Career pilots who fly only VFR are most likely relegated to pay of $100,000 to $150,000 per year.
Career pilots who fly both VFR and IFR will be compensated much more. The pay for the largest group of these pilots fell in the range of $150,000 to $200,000.
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