Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers pay in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim
$304,820avg. a year
Annual salary · 6,710 employed
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area earn an average of $304,820 a year. That is about the same as the California average of $310,190. The U.S. average is $288,650.
$364,730Median pay
$304,820Average yearly
-2%vs. California average
6,710Jobs in this metro
Other California metro areas
Average pay for airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers in other California metro areas. Swipe to see all 5.
12,900 jobs
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
$339,750
a year
250 jobs
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
$305,220
a year
3340 jobs
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
$278,370
a year
480 jobs
Fresno, CA
$261,420
a year
5160 jobs
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
$252,590
a year
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How Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim compares
Pay range: metro vs. state vs. U.S.
Annual wage percentiles, May 2025
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Questions and answers
How much do airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers make in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim?
The average is $304,820 a year, and the median is $364,730. About 6,710 people work in this job in the metro area.
Is that more than the California average?
That is about the same as the California average of $310,190.
Is this job common in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim?
It makes up 1.1 of every 1,000 jobs in the metro area, 1.61 times the national share.
Sources and notes. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, occupation code 53-2011. Metro area: Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metropolitan statistical area (BLS area code 31080). Wages are gross pay before taxes and don't include overtime premiums, tips, bonuses or benefits; self-employed workers aren't included. How we use the data. JobPayFacts isn't affiliated with BLS.