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Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers salary in Houston, TX

The median airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX earns $307,690 a year, 33% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $18,333 a month.

10th percentile
$104,110
25th percentile
$189,390
Median percentile
$307,690
75th percentile
$456,570
90th percentile
$456,570

Based on 4,160 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$219,995 take-home a year
Gross pay$307,690
Federal income tax−$70,826
Social Security + Medicare−$16,870
Texas income tax (approx.)−$0
Monthly take-home$18,333
Every two weeks$8,461

Does it go far here?

$311,967Median pay in Houston, TX is worth this at average US prices (local price level 98.6 vs 100).
8%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,430 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Houston, TX

JobMedian pay
Physicians, All Other$292,490
Nurse Anesthetists$275,310
Chief Executives$275,270
General Internal Medicine Physicians$274,410
Anesthesiologists$210,230
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers$174,490
Computer and Information Systems Managers$172,160
Architectural and Engineering Managers$172,020

All airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers salaries · Take-home pay in Texas