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Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineer Salary in the Industry of Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)

The salary statistics and trend of airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers in the industry of federal, state, and local government (oes designation) are shown in the following tables and chart. In Table 3 we compare airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineer salaries in different industries within the federal, state, and local government sector.

Table 1. Average Annual Salary

Percentile Bracket	Average Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage	$79,380
25th Percentile Wage	$85,820
50th Percentile Wage	$100,180
75th Percentile Wage	$111,570
90th Percentile Wage	$126,040

Table 1 shows the average annual salaries for airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers in the industry of federal, state, and local government (oes designation). The salaries are shown in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers is $126,040. The median annual salary (50th percentile) is $100,180. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers is $79,380.

Salary Trend (2012 to 2017)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers in the industry of Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation) from 2012 to 2017.

Year	Median Salary	Yearly Growth	5-Year Growth
2017	$100,180	1.65%	3.89%
2016	$98,530	1.17%	-
2015	$97,380	0.37%	-
2014	$97,020	0.77%	-
2013	$96,270	-0.01%	-
2012	$96,280	-	-

Table 3. Compare Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineer Salary in Different Industries within the Federal, State, and Local Government Sector

The average salaries of airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers in six industries within the federal, state, and local government sector are shown in Table 3. For salary information of airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Industry	Median Annual Salary
Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$100,180
Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit	$100,180
Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	$100,180
Federal government, including USPS	$100,180
State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$73,090
State government, including schools and hospitals	$72,850

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