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Air Pilots, Flight Engineers and Flying Instructors

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Earnings | Unemployment | Full-Time/Part-Time | Self-Employed | Age | Men/Women
 
Earnings


What you can expect to make

Average Hourly Earnings

Hourly wages ($27.45) are above the national average ($18.07).

These earnings are close to the average for occupations in the natural and applied sciences and related occupations and above average for all technical, professional, and skilled occupations.

These wages grew at a below-average rate from 2002 to 2004.

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Unemployment


Close to the average


The unemployment rate (4%) is close to the 2004 average (7%).

This rate is close to the average for technical, professional, and skilled occupations.

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Unemployment
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Full-Time/Part-Time


% of Part-time work is above average

Full-Time/Part-Time

There were 11,100 workers employed in these occupations in 2004, a decrease of 8% since 1997.

The percentage of part-time workers (30%) is above the 2004 average (19%) and has stayed about the same since 1997.

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Self-Employed


Average


The percentage of self-employed workers is 6% compared to the 2004 average of 15%.

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 Self-Employed

Age

Age

The older-than-average age (43) of worker will likely result in an above-average retirement rate to 2009.

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Men/Women


Below average


The percentage of women (3%) is below the 2004 average of 48%.
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