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Commercial Pilots Salary in Waco, Texas

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

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$47,690
25th Percentile Wage
$51,810
50th Percentile Wage
$56,560
75th Percentile Wage
$61,310
90th Percentile Wage
$85,710

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for commercial pilots in Waco, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $85,710. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $56,560. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $47,690.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of commercial pilots from 2012 to 2015. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

YearMedian Salary Growth3-Year Growth
2015
$56,560
-137.34% 0.00%
2013
$134,240
57.87% -
2012
$56,560
- -

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

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $56,560, Waco is the lowest paying city for commercial pilots in state of Texas, following city of Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown (median annual salary of $120,990). Also we note that in comparison, the annual salary of commercial pilots in Waco is about 53.3 percent (53.3%) lower than that of the highest paying city Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown.

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 Waco, Texas.