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Commercial Pilots Salary in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas

The annual salary statistics of commercial pilots in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of commercial pilots 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 Commercial Pilots in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$45,470
25th Percentile Wage
$51,580
50th Percentile Wage
$114,190
75th Percentile Wage
$152,420
90th Percentile Wage
$172,580

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for commercial pilots 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 $172,580. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $114,190. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $45,470.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of commercial pilots from 2012 to 2017.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$114,190
7.02% 29.50%
2016
$106,170
12.77% -
2015
$92,610
16.41% -
2014
$77,410
-7.61% -
2013
$83,300
3.36% -
2012
$80,500
- -

Table 2. Compare Commercial Pilots Salary in Fort Worth-Arlington with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $114,190 in Fort Worth-Arlington is in the middle of salary range for commercial pilots in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of commercial pilots in Fort Worth-Arlington is 5.6 percent (5.6%) lower than that in the highest paying Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown and 50.5 percent (50.5%) 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