How much do helicopter pilots earn per year ?

Question

How much do helicopter pilots earn per year ?

Answer 1

75000 and up

Answer 2

vastly depends on which company you fly with.  I have a friend who said his buddy was a chopper pilot and earns 45,000 per month on his jobs, and a local helicopter company near me pays the pilots 3000 every 2 weeks, so I would say on average per year, 75000 and up or slightly down.

Answer 3

I'm sure it varies greatly depending on what kind of work they are doing, and who they work for.

They could be executive pilots, emergency (like for the hospital) pilots, news pilots.

Answer 4

it can range from $20k to $100 plus. To fly commercially you need around1000 hours. Most people instruct for about a year until they get there hours. Instructors make any where from $12-$35 an hour depending on the school. After you get your 1000 hours most people fly in the gulf or tour jobs your looking at around $40k a year for those. After that its  pretty much varies. Contract jobs pay good but only last awhile, corporate guys get paid fairly well. But the median is around $60k a year. A good chuck of the jobs are are 1 week on 1 week off or 2 weeks on 2 weeks off and so on. No matter how much your making your still flying and that's not all bad.

Answer 5

80,000 and below.