harris.jordan Posted October 6, 2009 Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 I have just graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelors in finance. With that said, everyone knows its pretty hard to get a job in the finance sector right now, or anywhere for that matter. Combine that with the fact that after having worked in an office, I have come to the realization I would much rather be outside, or up in the air , working. One thing leads to another and I have become very interested in pursuing a career as a helicopter pilot. One main concern is salary. I would like to make enough to raise a family comfortably. I have seen a lot of different stats and fact about a pilot's salary on the internet with a pretty wide range of answers. I would like to get some facts about some different occupations such as ems, fire fighting, heliski, etc. I know you need a couple thousand hours at minimum to qualify for these jobs so I would also like to know how much most CFI's make. One more thing, all these salary numbers I have been seeing are not very high, HOWEVER... some jobs would be working only half the year or less if I am correct. This would mean the actual hourly wage must me pretty good if you broke it down like that. I was wondering what most pilots did in the other six months or more of the year to add to their income. It seems you could make a very good living doing this if you worked doing logging, fire suppression, or offshore and then having a different career for the rest of the year. I apologize in advance if this has already been discussed on the forum and thanks for all the replies and opinions! -Harris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
permison Posted October 6, 2009 Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 Enjoy! (or cry depending on your point of view)http://www.helicoptersalaries.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falko Posted October 6, 2009 Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 A cfii/cfi makes somewhere between 13-50$/hr. But most schools pay you 20-30$/hr (flying) and about 20$/hr for a ground lesson. If you fight fires ,you make about 350$ or more per day plus perdiem (~100$). if you make it into logging and fly the Chinook(pic) you can make up to 200.000$ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r22butters Posted October 6, 2009 Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 I make $6.50/hr. flipping burgers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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