The annual salary statistics of airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $89,150 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $136,380 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $221,160 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $165,320 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | No Data |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 75th percentile (the top 25 percent of the highest paid) is $165,320. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $221,160. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $89,150.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers from 2012 to 2022. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $221,160 | 39.22% | 49.18% |
| 2014 | $134,430 | 14.76% | - |
| 2013 | $114,590 | 1.91% | - |
| 2012 | $112,400 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $221,160, Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is the second highest paying city for airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers in state of Texas, following the highest paying city Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (median annual salary of $221,720). Compared with Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, the median annual salary of airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is .3 percent (.3%) lower.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown | |
| Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| Dallas-Plano-Irving | |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels |