How much did/do you make as a CFI?

[yzf6]

small midwest school
guaranteed a min of around $18k/year, $16/hr flight and $12/hr ground
full benefits (health, vacation, 401k, etc), any additional ratings were paid for

 

[machaf]

Started at $10.

Graduted then $15; got MEI, $17; then when CFI qualified $21.

Plus medical benefits.

 

[Leroy Smith]

Worked for a school in NJ for a couple of years. School charged something like 35/hr, but we got paid 16-20/hr (based on hours per pay period). Might have had a month or two in the winters that were below 50 hours, most I ever flew was about 150 one July. For as cruddy a job flight instructing can be, Im really missing it....since moving on to bigger and "better" things.

 

[taters]

I made $27k salary plus benefits at my last instructing job in AZ. It was a pretty good instructing job.

Shebles?? in IGM

 

[Flyby1206]

$13/hr in 2003 in NH got a raise to $16
then $10/hr in orlando 2003, but 80+hrs a month
then ATP $800 a month i believe, but they paid housing

 

[flyboydk]

Shebles?? in IGM

No, instructing out of SDL...

 

[Smash312]

$10 per hour (flight or ground). No benefits or anything - but 80-100hrs per month. Orlando, FL.

 

[Rogue5]

30K salaried: Mon-Fri, 8-5 PM teaching Koreans how to fly for KAL out of LVK.

Earned every freakin' penny of it...

 

[lowlycfi]

When I was working for a school $22.50/hr flight or ground. When I freelanced I charged $40/hr flight or ground.

 

[Vladimir Lenin]

25 an hour, no bennies, 60-70 hrs a month
35-40 on the side, depending on the make and model of the customer's car, sometimes more, if their attitude was less than optimal

this is northeast, part 141 and 61