The annual salary statistics of commercial pilots in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of commercial pilots in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara 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 | $51,210 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $75,080 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $93,600 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $125,960 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $198,530 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for commercial pilots in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $198,530. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $93,600. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $51,210.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of commercial pilots from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $93,600 | 1.91% | 47.41% |
| 2021 | $91,810 | 32.02% | - |
| 2019 | $62,410 | 6.44% | - |
| 2018 | $58,390 | -16.44% | - |
| 2017 | $67,990 | 28.75% | - |
| 2016 | $48,440 | 3.20% | - |
| 2015 | $46,890 | -38.56% | - |
| 2014 | $64,970 | -2.15% | - |
| 2013 | $66,370 | 25.84% | - |
| 2012 | $49,220 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $93,600 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is in the middle of salary range for commercial pilots in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of commercial pilots in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is 41.2 percent (41.2%) lower than that in the highest paying Vallejo-Fairfield and 60.6 percent (60.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area.