Ethiopian Airlines

Ethiopian Airlines captain pay is estimated at about $101K per year, pre-tax. These are our own estimates from public information, not figures the airline publishes.

Ethiopian Airlines first officer pay is estimated at about $55K per year, pre-tax, rising with seniority.

Captain / First Officer (Foreign Pilot Recruitment) — International operations. Addis Ababa base. Key requirements: License: ATPL (ICAO-compliant); English: ICAO Level 4 or above; Contract: Fixed-term contract, USD-denominated. We have not been able to confirm flight-hour requirements the airline publishes; the airline’s careers page is linked under Jobs above. Type rating training can be completed at the Aviation Academy. Foreign hires work alongside the airline's own cadet-trained pilots.

We do not publish a monthly figure for Ethiopian Airlines.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 Ethiopian Airlines captains at about $101K. That is our own estimate from public information, not a figure Ethiopian 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 Ethiopian Airlines first officers at about $55K. That is our own estimate from public information, not a figure Ethiopian 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 2026-10-30; 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 Take-home depends on where you are resident and on your own deductions, so no single percentage applies, and we do not publish one.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.