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Average Air Pilots’, Flight Engineers’ and Flying Instructors’ Salary in Canada
The table below details the hourly wages for Air Pilots, Flight Engineers and Flying Instructors.
The Canadian national occupation classification code (NOC) for this role is 2271.
Job titles and exact duties vary in this occupation and examples of some job titles are: airline pilot, flying instructor, flight engineer, helicopter pilot and test pilot.
According to the latest figures, the highest hourly average (median) wage is $38.81 per hour.
A typical full-time annual salary for this occupation is in the region of $65,000 – $85,000.
Employment prospects for airline pilots, flying instructors and flight engineers are good in Canada. The government forecasts that there will be too few job seekers to fill job vacancies in this profession for the near future. Fuel costs play a large part in determining expansion demand for this profession.
Average Hourly (Median) Wages for Air Pilots, Flight Engineers and Flying Instructors in Canada
| Location | Low Wage $ per hr |
Average Wage $ per hr |
High Wage $ per hr |
Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calgary – Alberta* | 19.23 | 29.70 | 69.50 | 2019 |
| Edmonton – Alberta*(1) | 22.87 | 26.44 | 69.50 | 2019 |
| Vancouver / Lower Mainland – British Columbia(3) | 19.23 | 38.81 | 72.12 | 2018 |
| Winnipeg – Manitoba(3) | 19.23 | 38.81 | 72.12 | 2018 |
| Fredericton / Oromocto – New Brunswick(3) | 19.23 | 38.81 | 72.12 | 2018 |
| Halifax – Nova Scotia(3) | 19.23 | 38.81 | 72.12 | 2018 |
| Toronto – Ontario(3) | 19.23 | 38.81 | 72.12 | 2018 |
| Ottawa – Ontario(3) | 19.23 | 38.81 | 72.12 | 2018 |
| Windsor / Sarnia – Ontario(3) | 19.23 | 38.81 | 72.12 | 2018 |
| Kitchener / Waterloo / Barrie – Ontario(3) | 19.23 | 38.81 | 72.12 | 2018 |
| Prince Edward Island(3) | 19.23 | 38.81 | 72.12 | 2018 |
| Montreal – Quebec(3) | 19.23 | 38.81 | 72.12 | 2018 |
| Saskatoon / Biggar – Saskatchewan(3) | 19.23 | 38.81 | 72.12 | 2018 |
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The 2020 full-time average hourly wage rate for technical occupations related to natural and applied sciences, which includes air pilots, flight engineers and flying instructors, is $33.65. The 2020 corresponding median weekly wage rate is $1,250, giving an approximate full-time annual salary for this employment group of $65,000.
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