Pay & conditions · North America
UPS Airlines: pilot jobs, pay and conditions
USA · Cargo · 5X / UPS
Hiring now
Hiring per careers page (Aug 2026); contract in NMB mediation.
Pay
First officer
USD 59.77–284.29 an hour
about $54–256k a year
Captain
USD 401.01 an hour
about $361k a year
Sep 2025 scale: new-hire FO $59.77; top FO $284.29, top CA $401.01 (yr15). Contract amendable since Sep 2025, in mediation.
Agreement news
- UPS Pilots Ratify Two-Year Contract Extension ↗
Independent Pilots Association (IPA) · summary · 2022–2025
Open vacancies (0)
No open pilot vacancies listed right now.
Conditions
- Allowances
- Per diem $3.35/hr dom, $3.95/hr intl; B Plan 12% money purchase; no 401(k) match.
- Roster
- Line/reserve by seniority.
- Bases
- SDF, ANC, MIA, ONT
- Fleet
- B747-8F, B747-400F, B767F, B757, A300, MD-11
- Benefits
- A Plan defined benefit pension (~$120k/yr max) + B Plan 12%; medical day 1.
- Union
- IPA
- Careers site
- jobs-ups.com ↗
Requirements
- First officer
- 1,500 hours minimum
- Type rating
- company-paid
- Licence
- FAA ATP / R-ATP
- Other
- US work authorization
Sources
From published reports in the aviation press · figures from 2025-09 · checked 30 Oct 2026
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