Airline Pilots & Engineers vs Air Traffic Controllers
Compare Airline Pilots & Engineers and Air Traffic Controllers side by side: median pay, job outlook, AI exposure, education, and top skills. Airline Pilots & Engineers pays about $84k more.
Median pay$232k
OutlookGrowing
AI exposureSome 37%, modeled
EducationBachelor's plus flight hours
Active ListeningCritical ThinkingMonitoringReading ComprehensionSpeaking
Median pay$148k
OutlookGrowing
AI exposureModerate 56%, modeled
EducationAssociate's plus FAA academy
Active ListeningSpeakingCritical ThinkingMonitoringReading Comprehension
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Pay and outlook: BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2024-2034). Skills: O*NET 30.3. AI exposure is a modeled estimate. How we model AI exposure.