Aircraft pilots & flight engineers are most often employed by the Air transportation industry. The average yearly wage for Aircraft pilots & flight engineers was $138,344 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Aircraft pilots & flight engineers by wage are Podiatrists, Personal financial advisors, and Petroleum, mining & geological engineers, including mining safety engineers.
Aircraft pilots & flight engineers are part of the Transportation Occupations, along with Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers, Aircraft pilots & flight engineers, Air traffic controllers & airfield operations specialists, Flight attendants, Ambulance drivers & attendants, except emergency medical technicians, Bus drivers, Driver/sales workers & truck drivers, Taxi drivers & chauffeurs, Motor vehicle operators, all other, Locomotive engineers & operators, Railroad conductors & yardmasters, Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers, Ship & boat captains & operators, Sailors & marine oilers, & ship engineers, Parking lot attendants, Automotive & watercraft service attendants-, Transportation inspectors, Transportation attendants, except flight attendants, Miscellaneous transportation workers, including bridge & lock tenders & traffic technicians, Crane & tower operators, and Dredge, excavating, & loading machine operators
The top 3 locations that employ the most Aircraft pilots & flight engineers are Southwest Oklahoma PUMA, OK, Nueces CountyCorpus Christi City (Outer) PUMA, TX, and Coffee, Covington, Butler & Crenshaw Counties PUMA, AL. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Aircraft pilots & flight engineers are Southwest Oklahoma PUMA, OK, Coffee, Covington, Butler & Crenshaw Counties PUMA, AL, and Nueces CountyCorpus Christi City (Outer) PUMA, TX.
