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Commercial Pilots Salary in Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York

The annual salary statistics of commercial pilots in Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of commercial pilots in Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area 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 Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York

Percentile Bracket	Average Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage	$68,840
25th Percentile Wage	$72,420
50th Percentile Wage	$78,380
75th Percentile Wage	$84,210
90th Percentile Wage	$96,720

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for commercial pilots in Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $96,720. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $78,380. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $68,840.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of commercial pilots from 2012 to 2020.

Year	Median Salary	Yearly Growth	8-Year Growth
2020	$78,380	8.74%	26.21%
2019	$71,530	18.52%	-
2016	$58,280	3.81%	-
2015	$56,060	-1.20%	-
2014	$56,730	-1.45%	-
2013	$57,550	-0.50%	-
2012	$57,840	-	-

Table 2. Compare Commercial Pilots Salary in Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $78,380 in Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area is in the middle of salary range for commercial pilots in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of commercial pilots in Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area is 54.0 percent (54.0%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 28.1 percent (28.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Central New York nonmetropolitan area.

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