The annual salary statistics of airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $102,010 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $124,920 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $206,660 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $170,440 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | No Data |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 75th percentile (the top 25 percent of the highest paid) is $170,440. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $206,660. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $102,010.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $206,660 | 26.12% | 43.43% |
| 2015 | $152,690 | 10.95% | - |
| 2014 | $135,970 | 4.23% | - |
| 2013 | $130,220 | 10.22% | - |
| 2012 | $116,910 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $206,660, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is the second highest paying city for airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers in state of California, following the highest paying city Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim (median annual salary of $235,570). Compared with Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, the median annual salary of airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is 12.3 percent (12.3%) lower.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim | |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont | |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale | |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City | |
| San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos | |
| Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville | |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana | |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario | |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura | |
| Fresno |