Article on US salaries
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Article on US salaries
$KY-HIGH FLIERS
By NEIL GRAVES
After kids gets over their fantasies of becoming baseball players or ballerinas, responsible parents ought to point them to the real money — being an airline pilot.
Based on the Department of Labor's recently released occupational compensation survey for 2004, the fliers pull in more bucks per year than any other job category.
Commercial airline pilots and navigators pull down an average of $113.82 an hour — a high-flying $236,745.60 annually, based on an extrapolated 40-hour week.
They are not the highest earners per year, a distinction that goes to tweedy economics professors. Due to high demand, they tend to work year-round and pile up cash at a rate of $63.98 hourly for 40-plus hours a week.
But pilots rarely get close to that number, since regulations limit their work week to considerably fewer than 40 hours.
Even teaching at good old state college has become surprisingly lucrative for econ profs, accounting for more than half of the top 10 occupations in the survey.
Part of that result is due to the fact that the survey rated hourly employees only, discounting business owners such as doctors in private practice. Even so, doctors who are employees came in third at $57.90 an hour.
"One of the things about doctors that brings them down [on the list] is we pick up a lot of residents, and doctors in a private practice aren't employees," said Wayne Shelly, a Department of Labor spokesman.
"That's also true of lawyers," he added. Which explains why the average law professor earns more than an actual lawyer — by about $9 an hour, $57.05 compared to $48.60. The national average wage was $18.09 an hour, said the survey, details of which were first reported in the Wall Street Journal. http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/53403.htm
By NEIL GRAVES
After kids gets over their fantasies of becoming baseball players or ballerinas, responsible parents ought to point them to the real money — being an airline pilot.
Based on the Department of Labor's recently released occupational compensation survey for 2004, the fliers pull in more bucks per year than any other job category.
Commercial airline pilots and navigators pull down an average of $113.82 an hour — a high-flying $236,745.60 annually, based on an extrapolated 40-hour week.
They are not the highest earners per year, a distinction that goes to tweedy economics professors. Due to high demand, they tend to work year-round and pile up cash at a rate of $63.98 hourly for 40-plus hours a week.
But pilots rarely get close to that number, since regulations limit their work week to considerably fewer than 40 hours.
Even teaching at good old state college has become surprisingly lucrative for econ profs, accounting for more than half of the top 10 occupations in the survey.
Part of that result is due to the fact that the survey rated hourly employees only, discounting business owners such as doctors in private practice. Even so, doctors who are employees came in third at $57.90 an hour.
"One of the things about doctors that brings them down [on the list] is we pick up a lot of residents, and doctors in a private practice aren't employees," said Wayne Shelly, a Department of Labor spokesman.
"That's also true of lawyers," he added. Which explains why the average law professor earns more than an actual lawyer — by about $9 an hour, $57.05 compared to $48.60. The national average wage was $18.09 an hour, said the survey, details of which were first reported in the Wall Street Journal. http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/53403.htm
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average F/O salary in the U.S for a pilot starting out at the regional level is 18,000USD a year. While being a pilot is considered a part time job, it leaves you with no time for another job.
Its been said that being a regional airline pilot is equal to pulling the pin on the grenade that is your financial future.
Captains at the regional level make around 36k and up.
The problem is the F/O pay. Its sickening its hard to make it through the ranks to be captain without living off of powdered soup and pepsi.
The cost of living in the U.S is incredible. No one can live on the salary at the regional level.
Its been said that being a regional airline pilot is equal to pulling the pin on the grenade that is your financial future.
Captains at the regional level make around 36k and up.
The problem is the F/O pay. Its sickening its hard to make it through the ranks to be captain without living off of powdered soup and pepsi.
The cost of living in the U.S is incredible. No one can live on the salary at the regional level.
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What a bunch of bs. You would expect a journo to research this matter a little more and ... nevermind! 
Let's play with that magic number of 113.82. FAR 121 limits you to 30 hours/week and 100hours/month and 1000hours/year. Let's assume you'd "floss and fly this mofo all over this b!tch" you'd be at 113.820 (plus per diem etc. so let's add another 10000USD) = $123.820. Mr. Graves is only 112925.60 USD off.
Imagine you'd be that much off when you work as a pilot ...
Let's play with that magic number of 113.82. FAR 121 limits you to 30 hours/week and 100hours/month and 1000hours/year. Let's assume you'd "floss and fly this mofo all over this b!tch" you'd be at 113.820 (plus per diem etc. so let's add another 10000USD) = $123.820. Mr. Graves is only 112925.60 USD off.
Imagine you'd be that much off when you work as a pilot ...
