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Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineer Salary in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

The annual salary statistics of airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

Percentile Bracket	Average Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage	$107,380
25th Percentile Wage	$137,320
50th Percentile Wage	$222,890
75th Percentile Wage	$206,520
90th Percentile Wage	$170,250

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $170,250. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $222,890. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $107,380.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers from 2012 to 2022.

Year	Median Salary	Yearly Growth	10-Year Growth
2022	$222,890	16.70%	33.47%
2020	$185,670	26.80%	-
2019	$135,910	4.10%	-
2018	$130,340	-7.00%	-
2017	$139,470	6.42%	-
2016	$130,510	14.06%	-
2015	$112,160	-23.85%	-
2013	$138,910	-6.75%	-
2012	$148,290	-	-

Table 2. Compare Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineer Salary in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $222,890, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is the highest paying city for airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers in state of New York, followed by New York-White Plains-Wayne (median annual salary $160,510). In comparison, the median annual salary of airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is 28.0 percent (28.0%) higher than that in New York-White Plains-Wayne.

Cities/Areas	Median Annual Salary
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island	$222,890
New York-White Plains-Wayne	$160,510
Buffalo-Niagara Falls	$121,150
Albany-Schenectady-Troy	$91,040
Nassau-Suffolk	$69,440