I-Credential
Commercial pilot certificate
The certificate that first lets you be paid to fly. Most holders are on the way somewhere else — instructing, building hours — which is exactly why the number holding it and the number employed as commercial pilots are so far apart.
Iinkqubo ze-ECD
Akukho bukhulu boqeqesho olulodwa - lumiselwe ilizwe ngalinye.
Akukho xesha lokuhlawula kwakhona — akukho xabiso elifunekayo lokuhlawula kwakhona. Ipremiyamu ingaphantsi.
Xa akukho mfanekiso ophezulu ungaqinisekiswa sipapasha akukho mfanekiso ngaphandle kokulinganisa.
Iinkqubo zolawulo lweenkqubo
Flight training sits almost entirely outside federal student aid, so no government dataset records what reaching this certificate costs. We would rather show nothing than repeat a flight school's own price list as though it were data.
The FAA requires 250 flight hours, or 190 through an approved school. How long that takes depends on how often you can afford to fly.
The certificate does not expire; the second-class medical certificate it depends on does.
Iinkqubo zolawulo lweendawo ezikhuselekileyo
Inombolo ethe yashiya ngaphandle
I- 118,314 holders of an active commercial pilot certificate Iinkqubo 2025, Iinkcukacha ze-akhawunti ye-akhawunti 47,630 Iinkqubo zolawulo lweenkonzo 40.3%. Ishiya 70,684 i-100%
Ukungabikho komsebenzi kuxhomekeke kubungakanani bemisebenzi Ukuba uhlala ugcina isiqinisekiso akuthethi ukuba uhlala ukhangela umsebenzi. Ukhenketho luya kuqhubeka luqhuba uqoqosho lwelizwe lonke, kodwa luya kuqhubeka luqhuba uqoqosho lwelizwe lonke, kodwa luya kuqhubeka luqhuba uqoqosho lwelizwe lonke, kodwa luya kuqhubeka luqhuba uqoqosho lwelizwe lonke, kodwa luya kuqhubeka luqhuba uqoqosho lwelizwe lonke, kodwa luya kuqhubeka luqhuba uqoqosho lwelizwe lonke, kodwa luya kuqhubeka luqhuba uqoqosho lwelizwe lonke, kodwa luya kuqhubeka luqhuba uqoqosho lwelizwe lonke, kodwa luya kuqhubeka luqhuba uqoqosho lwelizwe lonke, kodwa luya kuqhubeka luqhuba uqoqosho lwelizwe lonke, kodwa luya kuqhubeka luqhuba uqoqosho lwelizwe lonke, kodwa luya kuqhubeka luqhuba uqoqosho lwelizwe lonke, kodwa luya kuqhubeka luqhuba uqoqosho lwelizwe lonke, kodwa luya kuqhubeka luqhuba uqoqosho lwelizwe lonke, kodwa luya kuqhubeka luqhuba uqoqosho lwelizwe lonke, kodwa luya kuqhubeka luqhuba uqoqosho lwelizwe lonke, kodwa luya kuqhubeka luqhuba uqoqosho lwelizwe lonke, kodwa luya kuqhubeka luqhuba uqoqosho lwelizwe lonke, kodwa luya kuqhubeka luqhuba uqoqosho lwelizwe lonke, kodwa luya kuqhubeka luqhuba uqoqosho lwelizwe lonke, kodwa luya kuqhubeka luqhuba uqoqosho lwelizwe lonke, kodwa luya kuqhubeka luqhuba uqoqosho lwelizwe lonke, kodwa luya kuqhubeka luqhuba uqoqosho lwelizwe lonke, kodwa luya kuqhubeka luqhuba uqoqosho lwelizwe lonke, kodwa luya kuqhubeka luqhuba uqoqosho lwelizwe lonke, kodwa luya kuqhubeka luqhuba uqoqosho lwelizwe lonke, kodwa luya kuqhubeka luqhuba uqoqosho lwelizwe lonke, kodwa luya kuqhubeka luqhuba uqoqosho lwelizwe lonke, kodwa luya kuqhubeka luqhuba uqoqosho lwelizwe lonke, kodwa luya kuqhubeka luqhuba uqoqosho lwelizwe lonke, kodwa luya kuqhubeka luqhuba uqoqosho lwelizwe lonke, kodwa luya kuqhubeka luqhuba uqoqosho lwelizwe lonke, kodwa luya kuqhubeka luqhuba uqoqosho lwe
Zonke iinxalenye zihlala zibala. Abaphathi kwixesha elidlulileyo elichaphazela umsebenzi kwixesha elidlulileyo - uhlobo olufanayo lobungakanani, oluyisizathu sokuba ezi zimbini zingahlukaniswa na.
Izinto eziquka: Active means certificate plus valid medical certificate. Pilots are classed by their highest certificate, so anyone who has gone on to an airline transport certificate has left this count — these are people whose top qualification is the commercial certificate. Many of them are flight instructors, or are building hours towards an airline transport certificate, and federal employment data files both elsewhere.
Igama le projekti: holders of an active commercial pilot certificate = 118,314 (Standing count of people holding the credential, as at 31 December 2025) · FAA, US Civil Airmen Statistics 2025, Table 4 — Estimated Active Pilot Certificates Held · Imboniselo
The unaccounted-for figure is larger here than almost anywhere on this site, and most of it is not unemployment: flight instructors, agricultural pilots, corporate and charter pilots and hour-builders all hold this certificate and are counted under other occupations or not at all.
Izinto ezikuvumela ukuba uzenza
Imali ixhomekeke kwimisebenzi, ayixhomekeki kwidiploma. Ezi zimisebenzi eyenza ukuba uphumelele.
| Imisebenzi | Ingaba ifuneka? | Median | I-Ofisi |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial Pilots | Legally required to hold the job | $123,220 | 47,630 |
Imali ephakathi yomsebenzi nomsebenzi: I-BLS, Umsebenzi osebenzayo kunye neNkqubo yoLwazi lweMivuzo, ngoMeyi 2025.
Ingaba ihlawulisa ngokwayo?
Umsebenzi ovulwa yinkqubo $123,220, 100% ye-100% $50,020 100% yemali efunyenwe $73,200 minyaka emibini ngaphambi kokuba ityala lifike. Asikwazi ukuliguqula libe lixesha lokuhlawula kwakhona, kuba akukho nombolo ethembekileyo yokuba yintoni ekufuneka ihlawulelweyo ukulifumana eli tyala — inxalenye yobalo inyaniso kwaye ishicilelwe, kwaye enye inxalenye asiyinayo.
Funda oku njengenxulumano nemisebenzi eqhelekileyo, hayi nemisebenzi yakho. Iinkqubo ezixhasayo
Ikholelwa ekubeni ufumana umsebenzi. Yonke imifanekiso yokubuyisa imali kule ndawo ixhomekeke ekubeni iqeshwe kwimisebenzi. Lo ngumbono othi ubalo lomsebenzisi ogunyazisiweyo ophezulu lukhona uvavanyo, kwaye lumbono othi onke amanye amawebhusayithi ohlawula awenza ngokucothayo.
Izinto ofuna ukukhetha
- A private pilot certificate
- 250 flight hours, or 190 via an approved school
- A second-class medical certificate
- Age 18
Musa ukwenza oku ukuba
- you expect this alone to get you an airline job — it will not; the airline certificate is a separate and much longer requirement
- you cannot hold a medical certificate
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