China Airlines

Our estimate for a China Airlines captain is $220K a year, gross, before income tax. It is our own estimate from public information; the actual figure moves with the aircraft type, years of service and the hours you fly.

Our estimate for a China Airlines first officer is $94K a year, gross. The English posting gives the requirements — 1,500 total flight hours and 500 hours on type. The actual figure moves with the aircraft type, years of service and the hours you fly.

On the English posting a captain needs 5,000 total flight hours, 1,000 hours in command and 500 hours on type; a first officer needs 1,500 total and 500 on type, with an ICAO ATPL. The Chinese version of the page asks for different hours (3,500 total, 800 in command) and requires Taiwanese nationality in every category.

We do not publish a monthly figure for China Airlines. An annual figure divided by twelve is not what lands in a given month — what you are paid moves with the hours you fly.

We estimate annual pay for China Airlines captains at about $220K. That is our own estimate from public information, not a figure China Airlines publishes. These are gross figures, before income tax. The actual figure moves with the aircraft type, years of service and the routes you fly. We estimate annual pay for China Airlines first officers at about $94K. That is our own estimate from public information, not a figure China Airlines publishes. These are gross figures, before income tax. The actual figure moves with the aircraft type, years of service and the routes you fly. Source checked 2026-10-29; yen figures are converted for comparison at the rate held as of 2026-08-22, not a live rate.

Every figure on this page is gross, before income tax. Take-home depends on where you are resident and on your own deductions, so no single percentage applies, and we do not publish one. Airlines based in countries with no personal income tax — the UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia — leave more of the same gross figure in your hand.