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Transport
Airline pilot
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Key facts
+8.3%jobs, 2025 to 2035
United StatesThis job is hiring in the United States; its exposure to AI is medium. AI exposure: very low according to the ILO, moderate according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +8.3% (BLS). Regulated profession: licence de pilote de ligne.
The job
Flies passenger or cargo aircraft as part of a crew.
72 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- aeroplane captain
- aeroplane pilot
- air taxi pilot
- air transportation engineer
- air-taxi pilot
- aircraft captain
- aircraft co-pilot
- aircraft first officer
- aircraft maintenance engineer
- aircraft pilot
- aircraft second officer
- airline aeroplane captain
- airline helicopter transport pilot
- airline pilot
- airline transport pilot
- airline transportation pilot
- astronaut
- aviation instructor
- aviation systems technician
- captain
- cargoplane first officer
- cargoplane pilot
- charter pilot
- co-pilot
- commander astronaut
- commercial helicopter pilot
- commercial pilot
- corporate pilot
- cosmonaut
- flight engineer
- flight instruction practitioner
- flight instructor
- flight simulation instructor
- flying instructor
- flying trainer
- helicopter chief pilot
- helicopter operator
- helicopter pilot
- inflight engineer
- instructor in flight
- light air craft charter pilot
- light aircraft charter pilot
- light aircraft pilot
- multi-crew pilot
- non commercial flights pilot
- occupational flight instructor
- pilot cosmonaut
- pilot astronaut
- pilot instructor
- pilot of commercial aeroplanes
- pilot of commercial aircraft
- pilot of helicopters
- pilot of light air-craft
- pilot of light aircraft
- pilot of private aeroplanes
- pilot of private aircraft
- pilot trainer
- practitioner of flight instruction
- private aeroplane captain
- private aeroplane pilot
- private aircraft captain
- private airplane captain
- private airplane pilot
- private pilot
- science officer
- scientific cosmonaut
- second officer
- shuttle commander
- shuttle pilot
- space shuttle crew member
- spacecraft crew member
- spacecraft pilot
Training
Regulated profession: licence de pilote de ligne.
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Gauges
Risk 2/5 · Low
AI exposureMediumBLS AI exposure category "moderate" (2026), higher than the ILO 2025 index (very low)
Employment outlookStrong growthBLS, 2025-2035 projections (Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers)
Hiring difficultyNot availableNo US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job
PayVery highBLS, 2025 median annual wage: $232,140
EntryLongBLS, typical education needed for entry
No US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job: this gauge stays empty. How countries are compared
Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.