Commercial Pilots
Occupation · SOC 2018 53-2012 · United States
- SOC 2018 code
- 53-2012
- Share of U.S. applications
- 0.01%
- Applications on record
- 644
- FY2025
- 85
- Median offered wage
- $120,000
- Certified (last three years)
- 88.6%
- Main route
- PERM labour certification
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Applications year by year
Labor condition, PERM and H-2 applications classified as Commercial Pilots (SOC 53-2012). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.
Applications by fiscal year — Commercial Pilots
Data table
| FY2009 | 2 |
| FY2010 | 26 |
| FY2011 | 21 |
| FY2012 | 3 |
| FY2013 | 14 |
| FY2014 | 20 |
| FY2015 | 17 |
| FY2016 | 25 |
| FY2017 | 17 |
| FY2018 | 34 |
| FY2019 | 40 |
| FY2020 | 42 |
| FY2021 | 36 |
| FY2022 | 38 |
| FY2023 | 62 |
| FY2024 | 87 |
| FY2025 | 85 |
| FY2026* | 75 |
| Fiscal year | CW-1 | H-2A | H-2B | LCA | PERM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026* | 1 | 12 | 2 | 36 | 24 |
| FY2025 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 42 | 31 |
| FY2024 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 48 | 26 |
| FY2023 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 37 | 12 |
| FY2022 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 9 |
| FY2021 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| FY2020 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 19 |
| FY2019 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 24 |
| FY2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 18 |
| FY2017 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| FY2016 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 5 |
| FY2015 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 4 |
| FY2014 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 2 |
| FY2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
| FY2012 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| FY2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 |
| FY2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3 |
| FY2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Largest sponsoring employers
Employers with the most applications in this occupation, all years.
- Champlain Enterprises LLC16
- Overseas Manpower Solutions Corp.16
- Trans-exec Air Service Inc15
- Global Crossing Airlines, Inc.15
- Timberline Helicopters Inc13
- Orbic Air LLC12
- NE IA Helicopter LLC10
- Heliwild LLC10
- Brainerd Helicopters, Inc.8
- Phoenix East Aviation, LLC8
- Air Works, LLC7
- Summit Helicopters, Inc.7
Where the jobs are
Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).
Commercial Pilots: applications by worksite state
Data table
| State | Applications |
|---|---|
| FL | 160 |
| CA | 88 |
| TX | 37 |
| CO | 32 |
| OH | 27 |
| MP | 27 |
| ID | 17 |
| NE | 16 |
| IA | 16 |
| IL | 15 |
| AK | 15 |
| AZ | 14 |
| SC | 13 |
| MN | 13 |
| OR | 12 |
| UT | 12 |
| VA | 12 |
| MO | 11 |
| MA | 10 |
| TN | 8 |
| IN | 8 |
| WI | 7 |
| KS | 6 |
| MT | 6 |
| WA | 5 |
| NM | 5 |
| NY | 5 |
| PA | 4 |
| VI | 4 |
| GA | 4 |
| NC | 4 |
| HI | 4 |
| NV | 3 |
| CT | 3 |
| NJ | 3 |
| MI | 3 |
| ME | 2 |
| LA | 2 |
| PR | 2 |
| AL | 1 |
| AR | 1 |
| SD | 1 |
| OK | 1 |
| ND | 1 |
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL97
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA35
- Cleveland, OH18
- Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA18
- Sandpoint, ID13
- Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ12
- Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL12
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN12
- Fort Morgan, CO10
- Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL10
Pay
Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.
Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)
Median $120,000; middle half $82,645 to $150,000 · median prevailing wage $84,460 (marker) · 116 applications.
- Level I49
- Level II38
- Level III24
- Level IV12
- Commercial Pilot43
- Pilot34
- Pilot in Command19
- Fire Fighting Pilot17
- First Officer14
- Helicopter Pilot9
- Flight Instructor9
- Seasonal Helicopter Fire Pilot8
Pages for this occupation by metropolitan area
Areas with at least 50 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020.
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
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