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Commercial Pilots Salary in Corpus Christi, Texas

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

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$75,990
25th Percentile Wage
$95,750
50th Percentile Wage
$120,430
75th Percentile Wage
$157,420
90th Percentile Wage
$132,590

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for commercial pilots in Corpus Christi, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $132,590. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $120,430. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $75,990.

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.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth10-Year Growth
2022
$120,430
19.41% 41.14%
2021
$97,050
23.60% -
2019
$74,150
5.58% -
2018
$70,010
-13.53% -
2017
$79,480
31.09% -
2016
$54,770
-47.43% -
2014
$80,750
8.21% -
2013
$74,120
4.36% -
2012
$70,890
- -

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

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $120,430 in Corpus Christi is in the middle of salary range for commercial pilots in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of commercial pilots in Corpus Christi is .5 percent (.5%) lower than that in the highest paying Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown and 53.0 percent (53.0%) 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 Corpus Christi, Texas.