How much do Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers make in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ?

Percentile spread

For Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers, the published 10th percentile is $121,220 and the 90th percentile is $475,690. The difference is $354,470, which is 105.7% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $185,910 to the 75th at $427,470, covers $241,560.

The mean annual wage is $297,880, which sits below the median of $335,270. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

Hourly wages are not published because BLS reports this occupation on an annual basis. Hourly and annual wages.

National and state comparison

The New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ median is 44.4% higher than the national median of $232,140 for Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $297,851, which is 28.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 31.4% higher than the New York median of $255,240.

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ covers more than one state. The state comparison uses New York, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 112.563, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $335,270 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers at $297,851 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

3 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ ranks 1st of 4 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT is 93 miles away, with a median of $199,870 and employment of 70. That median is 40.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $194,528, against $297,851 here.
• Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD is 98 miles away, with a median of $180,330 and employment of 1,760. That median is 46.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $175,839, against $297,851 here.
• Providence-Warwick, RI-MA is 147 miles away, with a median of $164,480 and employment of 50. That median is 50.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $161,615, against $297,851 here.

Employment share

Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers accounts for 0.11% of wage-and-salary employment in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ (10,030 of 9,492,000). Nationally the occupation is 0.07% of employment (103,560 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.59 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.