SOC 53-2011 · May 2025 · BLS OEWS
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers — Missouri
Missouri
The median wage for Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers in Missouri is $97,680 per year, substantially below the national median of $232,140 — a gap of 57.9%.
Wage distribution · annual
Shaded band holds the middle 50% of earners
How pay has moved
The next ten years
Projected to grow about as fast as average
- Change in jobs, 2024 to 2034
- +3.9%
- Openings per year
- 11,700
- Typical entry-level education
- Bachelor's degree
- Related work experience
- Less than 5 years
- On-the-job training
- Moderate-term on-the-job training
Includes jobs opened by workers leaving the occupation, not only new positions.
Projections are published nationally only. This is the outlook for the occupation across the United States, not a measurement for Missouri.
Projections are based on 2024 employment and run to 2034. The wages above are from the May 2025 survey, a separate BLS programme on a different release cycle, so the two are not two views of one dataset.
Salary overview
The median wage for Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers in Missouri is $97,680 per year, substantially below the national median of $232,140 — a gap of 57.9%. Pay ranges from under $60,920 at the tenth percentile to more than $172,330 at the ninetieth, with the interquartile range running from $60,920 to $143,580.
Employment stands at 120, or 0.0 jobs per thousand held locally. Among the 37 states with published data for this occupation, Missouri ranks 37th by median wage. Set against every other occupation measured in the same area, it ranks 101st of 733 by median pay.
Percentile breakdown
| Percentile | Annual | vs US median |
|---|---|---|
| 10th | $60,920 | −73.8% |
| 25th | $60,920 | −73.8% |
| Median (50th) | $97,680 | −57.9% |
| 75th | $143,580 | −38.1% |
| 90th | $172,330 | −25.8% |
| Mean | $110,610 | −52.4% |
What the pay is worth locally
Prices in Missouri run 9.2% below the national average, so the median of $97,680 goes as far as $107,577 would elsewhere in the country. Measured that way it compares to the national median at 53.7% below the national median in real terms.
Published median
$97,680as reported by BLSLocal price level
90.8US average = 100 · BEA 2024Adjusted for local prices
$107,577US average = 100 · BEA 2024Why the state that pays most is usually not where pay goes furthest
Key takeaways
- Median pay is $97,680 a year, 57.9% below the national median.
- Published pay spans $60,920 to $172,330 between the tenth and ninetieth percentiles.
- The area has 120 jobs in this occupation.
- It ranks 37th of 37 states for this occupation.
Frequently asked questions
What is the median wage for Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers in Missouri?
The median annual wage is $97,680, as of May 2025. Half of the workers in this occupation earn more than that and half earn less.
Is that higher than the national average?
The national median for this occupation is $232,140, so pay in Missouri is 57.9% lower. These figures are medians, not averages: half of workers fall on each side.
What do the top earners make?
The top tenth of this occupation in Missouri earns more than $172,330 per year. The ninetieth percentile is the highest figure the survey publishes.
What is the starting range?
The tenth percentile wage is $60,920 per year. The survey measures wages actually paid rather than experience level, so this reflects the lowest-paid tenth rather than entry-level pay specifically.
How many jobs are there in this occupation here?
The survey estimates 120 jobs in this occupation in Missouri. Self-employed workers are not included.
Source and methodology
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 Wages are for wage-and-salary workers; self-employed workers are not included. Salary Explorer is an independent project. It is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics or any government agency. Full methodology.
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