Commercial Pilots Salary in Albuquerque, NM

Commercial Pilots pay range in Albuquerque

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $42,360 a year or less, while the top 10% make $165,060 or more. The middle half of commercial pilots in Albuquerque earn between $66,180 and $124,070.

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

Commercial Pilots salary after taxes in Albuquerque

On the average salary of $104,030, a single filer in Albuquerque takes home about $78,249 a year, or $6,521 a month and $3,010 every two weeks. Taxes take 25% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules).

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

Prices in the Albuquerque area are 4% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 95.5), so the average $104,030 buys what about $108,879 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 2.1 times the median wage of all jobs in Albuquerque ($48,060). A typical home costs $352,894, or 3.4 years of this average salary before tax.

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

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