The annual salary statistics of airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City 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 | $96,790 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $136,040 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $145,420 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $153,550 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $159,060 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $159,060. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $145,420. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $96,790.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers from 2012 to 2015. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Growth | 3-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | $145,420 | 11.86% | 23.89% |
| 2014 | $128,180 | 3.36% | - |
| 2013 | $123,870 | 10.65% | - |
| 2012 | $110,680 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $145,420 in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is in the middle of salary range for airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is 38.3 percent (38.3%) lower than that in the highest paying Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim and 63.7 percent (63.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Fresno.
| 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 |