Experience Salary ranges by flight hours
Total Hours Low 200 - 500
501 - 1000 1001 - 1500 1501 - 2000 2001 - 3000 3001 - 5000 5001 - 10000 10000+
Median
<40K (71%) <40K (52%) <40K (42%) <40K (16%) <40K (4%) <40K (2%)
40-60K (3%) 60-75K (7%)
75-90K (18%) 60-75K (14%) 75-90K (11%) 60-75K (26%) 75-90K (23%) 90-110K (25%) 110-130K (18%) 110-130K (18%)
High
>150K (6%) >150K (10%) 110-130K (5%) 110-130K (3%) 130-150K (1%) >150K (5%) >150K (17%) >150K (27%)
Extra pay is up!
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 (69%) still received no pay raise, or a pay raise lower than 3%. The good news is that more people received a raise greater than 3% than in any year since 2014!
The main commonality for earning extra pay is overtime. The largest majority of pilots (44%) are paid overtime at 1.5 times their normal rate, which is up from 35% in 2017. A full 23% either get no extra pay for working extra hours or do not work extra hours at all, whereas 11% get paid straight-time for extra hours worked. The remaining respondents’ compensations for extra hours were based on a variety of formulas.
Experience Salary ranges by years working as helicopter pilot
Position 0-5 Years
6-10 Years 11-15 Years 16-20 Years 21-25 Years 26+ Years
Low
<40K (36%) <40K (4%) <40K (2%)
<40-60K (7%) Median
75-90K (14%) 90-110K (23%) 90-110K (29%) 90-110K (30%)
<60-75K (13%) 110-130K (18%) <40K (2%)
90-110K (21%) High
>150K (3%) >150K (7%) >150K (10%) >150K (5%) >150K (16%) >150K (18%)
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 7% of all single-engine pilots reached the top salary ranges, compared to 14% of their multi-engine pilot counterparts.
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