The annual salary statistics of commercial pilots in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of commercial pilots 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 | $53,660 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $70,270 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $97,110 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $145,960 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $176,360 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for commercial pilots 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 $176,360. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $97,110. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $53,660.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of commercial pilots from 2012 to 2016.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 4-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $97,110 | 11.24% | 19.22% |
| 2015 | $86,190 | 9.44% | - |
| 2014 | $78,050 | 0.27% | - |
| 2013 | $77,840 | -0.78% | - |
| 2012 | $78,450 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $97,110 in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is in the middle of salary range for commercial pilots in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of commercial pilots in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is 39.0 percent (39.0%) lower than that in the highest paying Vallejo-Fairfield and 62.0 percent (62.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area.