Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers pay in New York-Newark-Jersey City
$297,880avg. a year
Annual salary · 10,030 employed
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area earn an average of $297,880 a year. That is about the same as the New York average of $298,260. The U.S. average is $288,650.
$335,270Median pay
$297,880Average yearly
-0%vs. New York average
10,030Jobs in this metro
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How New York-Newark-Jersey City 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City?
The average is $297,880 a year, and the median is $335,270. About 10,030 people work in this job in the metro area.
Is that more than the New York average?
That is about the same as the New York average of $298,260.
Is this job common in New York-Newark-Jersey City?
It makes up 1.1 of every 1,000 jobs in the metro area, 1.59 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: New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan statistical area (BLS area code 35620). 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.