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Commercial Pilots Salary in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

The annual salary statistics of commercial pilots in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of commercial pilots 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 Commercial Pilots in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

Percentile Bracket	Average Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage	$81,020
25th Percentile Wage	$109,810
50th Percentile Wage	$170,300
75th Percentile Wage	$164,540
90th Percentile Wage	$158,160

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for commercial pilots 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 $158,160. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $170,300. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $81,020.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

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	$170,300	26.08%	51.05%
2021	$125,880	33.28%	-
2017	$83,990	-2.08%	-
2016	$85,740	-3.50%	-
2015	$88,740	-8.60%	-
2014	$96,370	4.77%	-
2013	$91,770	9.16%	-
2012	$83,360	-	-

Table 2. Compare Commercial Pilots 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 $170,300, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is the highest paying city for commercial pilots in state of New York, followed by New York-White Plains-Wayne (median annual salary $111,360). In comparison, the median annual salary of commercial pilots in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is 34.6 percent (34.6%) higher than that in New York-White Plains-Wayne.

Cities/Areas	Median Annual Salary
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island	$170,300
New York-White Plains-Wayne	$111,360
Buffalo-Niagara Falls	$102,260
Rochester	$100,080
Syracuse	$88,680
Nassau-Suffolk	$80,430
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	$78,380
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	$76,580
Albany-Schenectady-Troy	$64,150
Central New York nonmetropolitan area	$56,360