Commercial Pilots · SOC 53-2012
Commercial Pilots Salary in the New York
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025New York
Figures describe the state of New York as a whole.
BLS publishes only annual wages for this occupation (workers typically work fewer than 2,080 hours per year).
Commercial Pilots in the New York earned a median of $177,430 per year as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $63,080 at the 10th percentile to $297,680 at the 90th. BLS estimates 1,070 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Commercial Pilots in the New York earn more than $177,430 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $103,390 and $257,810.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $63,080 | $103,390 | $177,430 | $257,810 | $297,680 |
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
- New York$177,430 median for New York; middle half earns $103,390 to $257,810
- 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 +44% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Metro areas in New York
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for commercial pilots, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- New Yorkthis page$177,430 median for New York; middle half earns $103,390 to $257,810
- $280,630 median for Kiryas Joel metro area; middle half earns $161,800 to $303,510
- $225,900 median for New York metro area; middle half earns $118,540 to $290,800
- $153,210 median for Buffalo metro area; middle half earns $109,430 to $232,990
- $129,350 median for Rochester metro area; middle half earns $75,480 to $176,880
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 New York
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.