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Highest Paying Industries for Aircraft Pilots and Flight Engineers

The top 100 highest paying industries for aircraft pilots and flight engineers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment in those industries are also shown. As shown in the table, with an average annual salary of $118,610, scheduled air transportation is the highest paying industry for aircraft pilots and flight engineers. It is followed by aerospace product and parts manufacturing industry (average annual salary $116,360). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in May 2015 [1]. For more information about salaries of aircraft pilots and flight engineers in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest Paying Industries for Aircraft Pilots and Flight Engineers

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Scheduled Air Transportation	$118,610	$59,400	68,560
2	Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing	$116,360	$65,280	n/a
3	Transportation Equipment Manufacturing	$116,170	$64,980	n/a
4	Remediation and Other Waste Management Services	$114,900	$63,270	n/a
5	Administrative and Support Services	$114,710	$66,150	n/a
6	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	$114,580	$66,150	n/a
7	Wired Telecommunications Carriers	$113,330	$84,790	n/a
8	Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing	$113,090	$80,220	40
9	Waste Management and Remediation Services	$112,670	$66,260	n/a
10	Telecommunications	$112,090	$84,070	n/a
11	Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing	$111,360	$78,940	40
12	Depository Credit Intermediation	$111,120	$97,850	n/a
13	Air Transportation	$110,990	$48,630	n/a
14	Transportation and Warehousing	$110,540	$48,310	91,020
15	Credit Intermediation and Related Activities	$110,460	$88,250	n/a
16	Information	$110,250	$79,230	220
17	Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences	$108,550	$68,170	60
18	Scientific Research and Development Services	$108,550	$68,170	60
19	Manufacturing	$107,600	$62,280	1,480
20	Other Financial Investment Activities	$107,340	$74,590	90
21	Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing	$105,020	$49,140	40
22	Finance and Insurance	$104,850	$65,010	450
23	Commercial and Industrial Machinery Equipment (except Auto and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance	$103,720	$81,940	290
24	Repair and Maintenance	$103,720	$81,940	290
25	Other Services (except Federal, State, and Local Government)	$102,630	$80,430	310
26	Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities	$100,440	$66,350	130
27	Employment Services	$100,380	$55,890	200
28	Direct Insurance (except Life, Health, and Medical) Carriers	$100,230	$43,650	100
29	Insurance Carriers	$98,920	$45,930	150
30	Federal government, including USPS	$97,240	$76,440	3,490
31	Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	$97,240	$76,440	3,490
32	Oil and Gas Extraction	$96,520	$60,170	n/a
33	Insurance Carriers and Related Activities	$95,560	$44,320	170
34	Chemical Manufacturing	$95,430	$42,720	30
35	Utilities	$95,160	$71,850	n/a
36	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$95,150	$53,170	1,500
37	Office Administrative Services	$94,560	$63,380	280
38	Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution	$93,920	$71,090	n/a
39	Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction	$93,750	$68,460	60
40	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$93,650	$66,130	4,460
41	Federal, State, and Local Government	$93,650	$66,130	4,460
42	Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries	$93,550	$58,110	120
43	Agriculture, Construction, and Mining Machinery Manufacturing	$93,000	$69,070	30
44	Activities Related to Real Estate	$92,860	$62,390	60
45	Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit	$92,330	$59,370	n/a
46	Spectator Sports	$92,330	$55,640	100
47	Mining	$91,930	$46,740	n/a
48	Nonresidential Building Construction	$91,180	$60,380	70
49	Engineering Services	$90,960	$65,670	320
50	Construction of Buildings	$90,700	$58,100	70
51	Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	$90,680	$51,070	200
52	Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing	$90,260	$49,270	60
53	Machinery Manufacturing	$90,260	$56,430	130
54	Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services	$89,770	$44,810	470
55	Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services	$88,710	$51,290	n/a
56	Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods	$87,960	$48,670	270
57	Real Estate	$87,490	$32,180	120
58	Computer Systems Design and Related Services	$86,870	$49,070	80
59	Construction	$86,480	$64,520	300
60	Land Subdivision	$86,410	$78,390	n/a
61	Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction	$86,120	$67,330	n/a
62	Wholesale Trade	$85,030	$37,920	450
63	Support Activities for Crop Production	$84,770	$38,470	1,040
64	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$84,190	$41,500	1,830
65	Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry	$84,030	$37,050	1,060
66	Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods	$81,580	$31,250	130
67	Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing	$81,330	$51,190	30
68	Support Activities for Air Transportation	$80,280	$41,870	4,510
69	Support Activities for Transportation	$80,250	$41,860	4,540
70	Local government, including schools and hospitals	$79,860	$46,300	500
71	Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$79,730	$47,060	490
72	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting	$79,340	$34,970	1,240
73	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	$79,190	$32,810	n/a
74	Food Manufacturing	$76,490	$18,570	n/a
75	Nonscheduled Air Transportation	$74,750	$29,560	n/a
76	Hospitals - Privately owned	$74,660	$57,850	120
77	Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)	$74,530	$57,080	120
78	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Privately owned	$74,520	$57,750	120
79	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	$74,520	$57,750	120
80	Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers	$73,870	$53,360	60
81	Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage	$73,620	$56,790	40
82	Nonstore Retailers	$72,380	$45,840	30
83	Retail Trade	$72,260	$44,380	50
84	Technical and trade schools - Privately owned	$71,820	$33,960	4,790
85	Technical and Trade Schools	$71,650	$33,980	4,800
86	Health Care and Social Assistance	$70,440	$41,620	3,430
87	Ambulatory Health Care Services	$70,260	$41,340	3,310
88	Ambulance Services	$70,210	$41,160	3,230
89	Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$70,190	$41,300	3,290
90	All Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$69,500	$50,960	70
91	Educational Services - Privately owned	$69,350	$33,970	5,060
92	Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$69,220	$33,550	660
93	Lessors of Real Estate	$68,680	$29,200	60
94	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	$68,350	$29,850	310
95	Educational Services	$67,960	$33,910	5,310
96	Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation, Other	$67,310	$30,540	400
97	Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation	$67,310	$30,540	400
98	State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$64,560	$44,800	480
99	Legal Services	$63,620	$51,670	50
100	Support Activities for Mining	$61,260	$41,200	40