Commercial Pilots · SOC 53-2012
Commercial Pilots Salary in the Alaska nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Alaska nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Alaska nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
BLS publishes only annual wages for this occupation (workers typically work fewer than 2,080 hours per year).
Commercial Pilots in the Alaska nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $100,170 per year as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $46,070 at the 10th percentile to $160,290 at the 90th. BLS estimates 350 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Commercial Pilots in the Alaska nonmetropolitan area earn more than $100,170 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $61,320 and $123,180.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $46,070 | $61,320 | $100,170 | $123,180 | $160,290 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Alaska nonmetropolitan area$100,170 median for Alaska nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $61,320 to $123,180
- Alaskastate$100,120 median for Alaska; middle half earns $80,170 to $128,760
- United Statesnational$123,220 median for United States; middle half earns $84,540 to $190,440
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is about the same vs Alaska overall and −19% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Alaska
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for commercial pilots, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Alaska nonmetropolitan areathis page$100,170 median for Alaska nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $61,320 to $123,180
- $103,570 median for Fairbanks metro area; middle half earns $98,680 to $125,510
- $99,920 median for Anchorage metro area; middle half earns $89,370 to $131,680
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for commercial pilotss · Highest-paying occupations in Alaska nonmetropolitan area
About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.