Commercial Pilots Salary in Anchorage, AK

Commercial Pilots pay range in Anchorage

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $58,570 a year or less, while the top 10% make $163,530 or more. The middle half of commercial pilots in Anchorage earn between $89,370 and $131,680.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year (BLS publishes this job's pay as annual only).

Commercial Pilots salary after taxes in Anchorage

On the average salary of $109,100, a single filer in Anchorage takes home about $85,582 a year, or $7,132 a month and $3,292 every two weeks. Taxes take 22% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and no state income tax. Alaska's employee unemployment-insurance contribution is not included.

Is Anchorage a good place for commercial pilots? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Anchorage area are 5% above the U.S. average (BEA price parity 105.4), so the average $109,100 buys what about $103,491 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.7 times the median wage of all jobs in Anchorage ($60,200). A typical home costs $422,103, or 3.9 years of this average salary before tax.

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Commercial Pilots salary in other Alaska cities

Anchorage ranks 2nd of 2 Alaska metro areas for this job; Fairbanks pays the most ($113,590).

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Highest-paying cities for commercial pilots

Waterbury, CT pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($267,680).

Commercial Pilots salary by city

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• Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$255,140 a year
• Air Traffic Controllers$152,540 a year
• Airfield Operations Specialists$65,720 a year
• Transportation Inspectors$128,300 a year
• Ship Engineers$111,710 a year
• Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels$102,370 a year
• Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers$76,690 a year
• Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors$71,300 a year

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