Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers
Occupation · SOC 2018 53-2011 · United States
- SOC 2018 code
- 53-2011
- Share of U.S. applications
- 0.02%
- Applications on record
- 2,743
- FY2025
- 368
- Median offered wage
- $202,093
- Certified (last three years)
- 98.0%
- Main route
- E-3 (Australia)
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Applications year by year
Labor condition, PERM and H-2 applications classified as Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers (SOC 53-2011). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.
Applications by fiscal year — Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers
Data table
| FY2008 | 4 |
| FY2009 | 0 |
| FY2010 | 17 |
| FY2011 | 0 |
| FY2012 | 6 |
| FY2013 | 24 |
| FY2014 | 14 |
| FY2015 | 7 |
| FY2016 | 22 |
| FY2017 | 120 |
| FY2018 | 266 |
| FY2019 | 221 |
| FY2020 | 187 |
| FY2021 | 107 |
| FY2022 | 376 |
| FY2023 | 320 |
| FY2024 | 391 |
| FY2025 | 368 |
| FY2026* | 293 |
| Fiscal year | H-2B | LCA | PERM |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026* | 0 | 160 | 133 |
| FY2025 | 0 | 246 | 122 |
| FY2024 | 0 | 352 | 39 |
| FY2023 | 1 | 279 | 40 |
| FY2022 | 0 | 365 | 11 |
| FY2021 | 0 | 85 | 22 |
| FY2020 | 0 | 92 | 95 |
| FY2019 | 0 | 143 | 78 |
| FY2018 | 0 | 195 | 71 |
| FY2017 | 0 | 117 | 3 |
| FY2016 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| FY2015 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| FY2014 | 0 | 9 | 5 |
| FY2013 | 7 | 16 | 1 |
| FY2012 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| FY2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2010 | 0 | 15 | 2 |
| FY2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2008 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Largest sponsoring employers
Employers with the most applications in this occupation, all years.
- SkyWest Airlines512
- Hyannis Air Service, Inc.366
- PSA Airlines, Inc198
- Spirit Airlines194
- Champlain Enterprises LLC171
- Gojet Airlines LLC113
- Mesa Airlines, Inc.89
- Frontier Airlines83
- Silver Airways LLC73
- Atlas Air, Inc.71
- Red Wing Aeroplane, LLC71
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University61
Where the jobs are
Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers: applications by worksite state
Data table
| State | Applications |
|---|---|
| FL | 537 |
| MA | 373 |
| IL | 232 |
| OH | 197 |
| UT | 196 |
| MO | 133 |
| TX | 130 |
| CO | 120 |
| GA | 106 |
| AZ | 93 |
| NJ | 82 |
| CA | 78 |
| WI | 78 |
| MI | 61 |
| VA | 40 |
| MD | 39 |
| NC | 35 |
| PA | 35 |
| NV | 34 |
| MN | 29 |
| TN | 14 |
| NY | 10 |
| KS | 9 |
| OK | 8 |
| PR | 6 |
| CT | 6 |
| ID | 6 |
| MT | 6 |
| IN | 5 |
| GU | 4 |
| WA | 4 |
| OR | 3 |
| AR | 2 |
| HI | 2 |
| LA | 2 |
| KY | 2 |
| MP | 2 |
| NH | 2 |
| MS | 1 |
| VT | 1 |
| NE | 1 |
| ME | 1 |
| NM | 1 |
| DE | 1 |
| VI | 1 |
| WV | 1 |
| AK | 1 |
| RI | 1 |
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL417
- Barnstable Town, MA365
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN232
- St. George, UT162
- Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH137
- St. Louis, MO-IL129
- Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO116
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA105
- Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ91
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ89
Pay
Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.
Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)
Median $202,093; middle half $187,200 to $259,375 · median prevailing wage $202,072 (marker) · 738 applications.
- Level I37
- Level II68
- Level III42
- Level IV8
- Airline Pilot579
- First Officer355
- Pilot250
- Captain202
- Pilot, First Officer132
- First Officer Pilot109
- First Officer Commercial Pilot38
- Captain Pilot34
Pages for this occupation by metropolitan area
Areas with at least 50 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020.
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA
- Barnstable Town, MA
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
- Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH
- Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
- Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
- St. Louis, MO-IL
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