A320 First Officer (type rated)
FCI (Flight Crew International)
A320 · South Asia (base not stated) · minimum 1,000 hours · contract · pay: USD 5,000 a month net
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Airline first officer salary 2026
First officer pay at 180 airlines worldwide runs from $7k to $299k a year gross, with a median of $78k. The highest figure in this list is at FedEx Express.
Gross yearly pay in US dollars, converted at current exchange rates. Monthly pay is counted 12 times, hourly rates at 900 paid hours a year. Figures come from collective agreements, official airline packages, the aviation press and, where nothing better exists, unofficial figures (marked). Updated 3 Nov 2026.
| Airline | First officer | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Riyadh Air Saudi Arabia | $205k | Unofficial |
| Delta Air Lines United States | $113k–297k | Agreement / official |
| United Airlines United States | $113k–297k | Agreement / official |
| American Airlines United States | $111k–292k | Agreement / official · scale by aircraft on airline page |
| FedEx Express United States | $102k–299k | Agreement / official |
| KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (incl. KLM Cityhopper) Netherlands | $93k–296k | Agreement / official · scale by aircraft on airline page |
| Amerijet International United States | $194k | Press |
| Alaska Airlines United States | $117k–243k | Press |
| Southwest Airlines United States | $113k–216k | Agreement / official |
| JetBlue Airways United States | $101k–224k | Press |
| British Airways United Kingdom | $97k–224k | Unofficial |
| UPS Airlines United States | $54k–256k | Press |
| flydubai United Arab Emirates | $152k | Press |
| Lynden Air Cargo United States | $104k–200k | Unofficial |
| Kalitta Air United States | $105k–192k | Press |
| Edelweiss Air Switzerland | $102k–195k | Unofficial |
| Atlas Air United States | $93k–203k | Press · scale by aircraft on airline page |
| Martinair (KLM Cargo) Netherlands | $79k–214k | Agreement / official · scale by aircraft on airline page |
| National Airlines United States | $108k–184k | Unofficial |
| Allegiant Air United States | $97k–193k | Agreement / official · scale by aircraft on airline page |
| Eurowings Germany | $80k–207k | Unofficial |
| Lufthansa Germany | $92k–192k | Unofficial |
| Lufthansa Cargo Germany | $92k–192k | Unofficial |
| Avelo Airlines United States | $99k–181k | Agreement / official · scale by aircraft on airline page |
| Etihad Airways United Arab Emirates | $138k | Press |
| Aer Lingus Ireland | $81k–193k | Unofficial |
| Virgin Australia Australia | $136k | Agreement / official |
| Spirit Airlines United States | $87k–181k | Agreement / official · scale by aircraft on airline page |
| SWISS International Air Lines Switzerland | $85k–182k | Unofficial |
| Transavia (Netherlands) Netherlands | $73k–189k | Agreement / official |
| Challenge Airlines (BE) Belgium | $101k–154k | Agreement / official |
| TUI fly Netherlands Netherlands | $73k–183k | Unofficial |
| Air Canada (incl. Rouge) Canada | $61k–192k | Press |
| Frontier Airlines United States | $90k–161k | Unofficial |
| TUI Airways United Kingdom | $109k–142k | Unofficial |
| Sun Country Airlines United States | $78k–173k | Press |
| Cathay Pacific Hong Kong | $123k | Press |
| TUI fly Deutschland (TUI fly GmbH) Germany | $87k–158k | Unofficial |
| Condor Germany | $91k–152k | Press |
| Norse Atlantic Airways Norway | $121k | Unofficial |
| China Airlines Taiwan | $120k | Unofficial |
| Breeze Airways United States | $94k–142k | Agreement / official |
| Jet2.com United Kingdom | $114k | Unofficial |
| TUI fly Belgium Belgium | $77k–148k | Unofficial |
| Widerøe Norway | $61k–162k | Unofficial |
| easyJet United Kingdom | $99k–123k | Press |
| Virgin Atlantic United Kingdom | $98k–125k | Press |
| Sunclass Airlines Denmark | $77k–143k | Unofficial |
| Titan Airways United Kingdom | $99k–120k | Unofficial |
| Singapore Airlines Singapore | $86k–133k | Unofficial |
| Austrian Airlines Austria | $82k–135k | Agreement / official · scale by aircraft on airline page |
| Discover Airlines Germany | $73k–139k | Unofficial |
| Emirates United Arab Emirates | $105k | Agreement / official · scale by aircraft on airline page |
| Royal Jordanian Jordan | $102k | Press |
| Envoy Air United States | $92k–109k | Agreement / official |
| PSA Airlines United States | $92k–109k | Agreement / official |
| Qantas (incl. QantasLink) Australia | $74k–126k | Unofficial |
| Cargolux Airlines International Luxembourg | $96k–104k | Agreement / official · scale by aircraft on airline page |
| AeroLogic Germany | $69k–131k | Unofficial |
| Silk Way West Airlines Azerbaijan | $90k–109k | Unofficial |
| WestJet Canada | $64k–135k | Unofficial |
| Endeavor Air United States | $96k–104k | Press |
| ASL Airlines Ireland Ireland | $82k–114k | Unofficial |
| Icelandair Iceland | $69k–123k | Unofficial |
| Mesa Airlines United States | $91k–100k | Unofficial |
| Horizon Air United States | $83k–101k | Press |
| BA Euroflyer (incl. BA Cityflyer) United Kingdom | $88k–96k | Agreement / official |
| Piedmont Airlines United States | $92k | Press |
| Pegasus Airlines Turkey | $82k–102k | Unofficial |
| Lufthansa City Airlines Germany | $70k–112k | Unofficial |
| SkyWest Airlines United States | $83k–97k | Press |
| Buzz (Ryanair Sun) Poland | $87k–93k | Unofficial |
| Fly4 Airlines Ireland | $84k–96k | Agreement / official |
| Corendon Dutch Airlines Netherlands | $57k–120k | Unofficial |
| Brussels Airlines Belgium | $59k–117k | Unofficial |
| CMA CGM Air Cargo France | $72k–105k | Unofficial |
| GoJet Airlines United States | $81k–94k | Press |
| One Air United Kingdom | $70k–105k | Agreement / official |
| Qatar Airways Qatar | $74k–100k | Unofficial |
| DHL - European Air Transport Leipzig Germany | $65k–109k | Unofficial |
| Turkish Airlines Turkey | $67k–106k | Unofficial |
| Republic Airways United States | $83k–87k | Press |
| ASL Airlines Belgium Belgium | $64k–103k | Unofficial |
| Air France France | $84k | Unofficial |
| Flair Airlines Canada | $66k–101k | Unofficial |
| BEOND Maldives | $81k | Unofficial |
| Finnair Finland | $60k–101k | Unofficial |
| Hi Fly Portugal | $80k | Press |
| Airnorth Australia | $63k–93k | Agreement / official |
| Wizz Air Hungary | $56k–101k | Press |
| Luxair Luxembourg | $68k–86k | Unofficial |
| Porter Airlines Canada | $50k–104k | Unofficial |
| Saudia Saudi Arabia | $58k–96k | Unofficial |
| Air New Zealand New Zealand | $62k–90k | Unofficial |
| Hawaiian Airlines (Alaska Air Group) United States | $76k | Unofficial |
| German Airways Germany | $69k–82k | Unofficial |
| SalamAir Oman | $72k–76k | Unofficial |
| Air Dolomiti Italy | $60k–88k | Unofficial |
| Scoot Singapore | $56k–90k | Unofficial |
| Iberia Spain | $39k–106k | Press |
| Neos Italy | $50k–95k | Unofficial |
| Ryanair DAC Ireland | $50k–95k | Unofficial |
| Copa Airlines Panama | $52k–90k | Unofficial |
| Empire Airlines United States | $70k–71k | Agreement / official |
| TAP Air Portugal Portugal | $47k–94k | Unofficial |
| Corendon Airlines Turkey | $48k–93k | Unofficial |
| airBaltic Latvia | $44k–95k | Agreement / official |
| Jazeera Airways Kuwait | $52k–87k | Unofficial |
| Malta Air Malta | $56k–83k | Unofficial |
| SmartLynx Airlines Latvia | $55k–82k | Unofficial |
| SAS Scandinavian Airlines | $68k | Agreement / official |
| Enter Air Poland | $59k–76k | Unofficial |
| LATAM Airlines Chile | $64k–71k | Press |
| Sun PhuQuoc Airways Vietnam | $60k–73k | Press |
| Aurigny Guernsey | $57k–75k | Unofficial |
| Air Arabia United Arab Emirates | $66k | Press |
| Norwegian Air Shuttle Norway | $52k–76k | Unofficial |
| Avion Express Lithuania | $47k–80k | Unofficial |
| Wamos Air Spain | $63k | Unofficial |
| All Nippon Airways Japan | $48k–76k | Unofficial |
| Korean Air South Korea | $49k–75k | Press |
| Vueling Spain | $45k–78k | Unofficial |
| Japan Airlines Japan | $46k–76k | Unofficial |
| Air Transat Canada | $61k | Press |
| Iberia Express Spain | $42k–78k | Unofficial |
| Air Nostrum Spain | $40k–80k | Unofficial |
| FlyOne Moldova | $40k–80k | Unofficial |
| Heston Airlines Lithuania | $40k–80k | Unofficial |
| EgyptAir Egypt | $54k–66k | Unofficial |
| STARLUX Airlines Taiwan | $46k–74k | Unofficial |
| Privilege Style Spain | $39k–78k | Unofficial |
| Loganair United Kingdom | $53k–64k | Unofficial |
| LOT Polish Airlines Poland | $49k–67k | Unofficial |
| Thai Airways Thailand | $42k–72k | Unofficial |
| Marabu Airlines Estonia | $57k | Unofficial |
| Cargojet Canada | $56k | Agreement / official |
| Air Seychelles Seychelles | $22k–91k | Unofficial |
| RwandAir Rwanda | $56k | Unofficial |
| Rex – Regional Express Australia | $49k–63k | Unofficial |
| ASL Airlines France France | $22k–89k | Unofficial |
| Binter Spain | $39k–73k | Unofficial |
| Croatia Airlines Croatia | $38k–74k | Unofficial |
| EVA Air Taiwan | $37k–74k | Unofficial |
| Avianca Colombia | $38k–70k | Unofficial |
| Vietnam Airlines Vietnam | $35k–70k | Press |
| Sundair Germany | $42k–62k | Unofficial |
| Aeroméxico Mexico | $38k–65k | Press |
| IndiGo India | $34k–68k | Unofficial |
| ITA Airways Italy | $48k–54k | Press |
| Air Europa Spain | $40k–61k | Unofficial |
| Cebu Pacific Philippines | $36k–62k | Unofficial |
| Garuda Indonesia Indonesia | $36k–62k | Unofficial |
| Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas Spain | $44k–53k | Agreement / official · scale by aircraft on airline page |
| Jazz Aviation Canada | $44k–53k | Press · scale by aircraft on airline page |
| Air Serbia Serbia | $40k–56k | Unofficial |
| Rise Air Canada | $37k–58k | Agreement / official |
| Lauda Europe Malta | $38k–57k | Unofficial |
| SunExpress Turkey | $40k–52k | Agreement / official |
| SKY Airline Chile | $24k–66k | Unofficial |
| Philippine Airlines Philippines | $28k–61k | Unofficial |
| Air India India | $29k–58k | Press |
| Airlink South Africa | $35k–52k | Unofficial |
| Volaris Mexico | $32k–55k | Unofficial |
| Malaysia Airlines Malaysia | $30k–54k | Unofficial |
| Smartwings Czechia | $37k–44k | Unofficial |
| AirAsia (Malaysia) Malaysia | $24k–53k | Unofficial |
| Kenya Airways Kenya | $29k–48k | Unofficial |
| Braathens Regional Airlines Sweden | $32k–42k | Unofficial |
| Viva Aerobus Mexico | $22k–46k | Unofficial |
| Seaborne Airlines US Virgin Islands | $28k–40k | Unofficial |
| JetSMART Chile | $24k–42k | Unofficial |
| Air India Express India | $19k–44k | Unofficial |
| Aegean Airlines Greece | $26k–35k | Unofficial |
| Lion Air Indonesia | $23k–36k | Unofficial |
| GOL Linhas Aéreas Brazil | $22k–37k | Press |
| SKY express Greece | $24k–32k | Unofficial |
| Azul Linhas Aéreas Brazil | $20k–35k | Unofficial |
| TAROM Romania | $23k–28k | Unofficial |
| Swiftair Spain | $19k–30k | Unofficial |
| Ethiopian Airlines Ethiopia | $7k–14k | Unofficial |
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