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Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers salary in Seattle, WA

The median airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA earns $229,900 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $14,166 a month.

10th percentile
$160,200
25th percentile
$210,790
Median percentile
$229,900
75th percentile
$396,810
90th percentile
$529,820

Based on 3,340 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

$169,986 take-home a year
Gross pay$229,900
Federal income tax−$44,872
Social Security + Medicare−$15,042
Washington income tax (approx.)−$0
Monthly take-home$14,166
Every two weeks$6,538

Does it go far here?

$206,869Median pay in Seattle, WA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 111.1 vs 100).
14%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($2,000 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Seattle, WA

JobMedian pay
Anesthesiologists$646,930
Chief Executives$370,000
General Internal Medicine Physicians$340,010
Physicians, All Other$330,560
Family Medicine Physicians$306,190
Radiologists$239,200
Computer and Information Systems Managers$214,680
Computer and Information Research Scientists$211,270

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