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Commercial Pilots Salary in Amarillo, Texas

The annual salary statistics of commercial pilots in Amarillo, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of commercial pilots in Amarillo 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 Amarillo, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$77,500
25th Percentile Wage
$77,500
50th Percentile Wage
$78,500
75th Percentile Wage
$113,140
90th Percentile Wage
$129,760

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for commercial pilots in Amarillo, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $129,760. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $78,500. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $77,500.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of commercial pilots from 2012 to 2021.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth9-Year Growth
2021
$78,500
10.20% 8.96%
2016
$70,490
25.04% -
2015
$52,840
-41.16% -
2013
$74,590
4.18% -
2012
$71,470
- -

Table 2. Compare Commercial Pilots Salary in Amarillo with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $78,500 in Amarillo is in the middle of salary range for commercial pilots in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of commercial pilots in Amarillo is 35.1 percent (35.1%) lower than that in the highest paying Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown and 27.9 percent (27.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying Waco.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$120,990
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$120,430
Corpus Christi
$120,430
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$119,810
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$117,400
Midland
$115,870
Fort Worth-Arlington
$114,190
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood
$111,560
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$103,590
Abilene
$102,290
Longview
$99,250
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$97,930
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$93,620
Tyler
$92,840
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$91,910
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$87,100
El Paso
$86,300
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$81,650
Laredo
$80,580
Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$79,870
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$79,460
Amarillo
$78,500
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$68,070
Brownsville-Harlingen
$62,300
Lubbock
$60,240
Odessa
$59,880
Waco
$56,560

See also: Top paying jobs in Amarillo, Texas.