Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineer Salary in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas

The annual salary statistics of airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage information of airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers in Fort Worth-Arlington 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 Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$77,830
25th Percentile Wage
$140,790
50th Percentile Wage
$164,050
75th Percentile Wage
$97,910
90th Percentile Wage
$119,240

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $119,240. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $164,050. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $77,830.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers from 2012 to 2017. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

YearMedian Salary Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$164,050
3.12% 45.32%
2016
$158,930
3.89% -
2015
$152,740
41.27% -
2012
$89,700
- -

Table 2. Compare Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineer Salary in Fort Worth-Arlington with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $164,050 in Fort Worth-Arlington is in the middle of salary range for airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers in Fort Worth-Arlington is 26.0 percent (26.0%) lower than that in the highest paying Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington and 43.5 percent (43.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying San Antonio-New Braunfels.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$221,720
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$221,160
Fort Worth-Arlington
$164,050
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$148,080
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$92,710