Average Annual Salary For First Year FO

[FutureRJPilot]

I am a student pilot right now, still a couple years from being anywhere near an airline, and I was wondering what the average annual salary right now is, for a first year first officer with a regional. I'm just looking for a ballpark figure here, any information is appreciated, thanks.

 

[Palerider957]

Hold onto your hat....my first year I made a whopping 17K......pay sucks dude.

 

[jetdriven]

my first year I made 16K. second year was 18K. Mesa

 

[LearLove]

my first year at Allegheny I started at 23.40/hour. I grossed about 34,000 per diem included in my first 12 months but that was a differant time (things movin fast, no reserve, we did/made up our own pay sheets and nobody was flyin jets into buildings)

Now that same starting rate is 21/hour. Your looking at reserve for about a year at 75 hr per month at 21 is 1575 plus say 300 to 400 per month in per diem (nontaxed) so average 350 in perdiem and you have (12x1575)+(12x350)= 23100. Maybe a little more if you hussle the people in sked.

 

[Cardinal]

I was on track for about 16000ish before I got furloughed. If you run across hourly payscales just take the hourly rate, muliptly by 1000, and you can approximate your annual gross pay to within 10 percent or so.

 

[DorkProp]

Made roughly $20K including per diem first year at PSA. Was on reserve for six months.

Made $30K last year as a more senior FO. I always bid for the high-time lines.

 

[JOPILOT]

$ ?

probably around 26 K with perdiem and salary @ 19.02/hr, but you have to move yourself, pay for your own uniform, plates, etc...but at least I got to hock that dorky hat for $5 bucks..no longer a required uniform piece, sweeeet deal!

 

[rightrudder]

probably around 26 K with perdiem and salary @ 19.02/hr,

To make that kind of per diem at your rate, you'd have to have 7000 hours TAFB per year. That's 583 hours per month. Are you sure?
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First year pay at Air Wisconsin, CRJ and Bae146 @ $24 per hour = $24K per year

Maybe $5000 per year per diem, 275 hours per month @ $1.50

 

[FutureRJPilot]

I hope I don't sound ignorant or stupid, but what is per diem?

 

[skydiverdriver]

Per diem is a latin word for by the day, and it refers to pay we receive for food and other expenses. It's usually an hourly rate from about $1/hr to $1.75 or so, and it starts from when you report to when you finish a trip. It adds up to quite a bit over the year, and the tax situation with per-diem is a bit better than regular pay.

Hope this helps.