In the early nineties my father made $225 an hour to fly left seat in the 747-200. That is the equivalent of $320 an hour today, accounting for inflation.
The same seat, the same company today pays $168.
Oh and he also had a six-figure pension waiting on him when he retired - also gone now.
That said, I still love my job - even though my sentence in the right seat just got 5 years tacked on.....