Eurowings

Eurowings captains are estimated at about $174K a year, before tax. Pay is set by the Vereinigung Cockpit collective agreement pay scale, so a pilot’s pay depends on their step rather than on individual negotiation.

Eurowings first officers are estimated at about $108K a year, before tax. Pay moves up the first officer scale with time in seat until upgrade to captain.

Yes. Eurowings recruits first officers who do not hold a type rating and covers the full Airbus A320-family type rating. That is the main difference from low-cost operators that ask pilots to fund their own type rating.

Eurowings captains are estimated at $174K against $179K at ANA and $161K at JAL, and first officers $108K against $98K and $102K. All figures are gross, before income tax; both Germany and Japan tax pilot income.

Dividing our estimated annual figures by 12, Eurowings captains earn about $15K a month and first officers about $9K. What actually lands each month moves with block hours flown, and where an annual bonus is paid the regular monthly figure sits lower with a spike in the bonus month.

We estimate Eurowings first officers at $108K and captains at $174K — a step of about $67K, or roughly 1.6×. The actual figure moves with seniority, type rating and the routes you fly.

Every figure on this page is gross, before income tax. We estimate captains at $174K and first officers at $108K pre-tax, and income tax, social insurance and any local levies come out of that. Take-home depends on where you are resident and on your own deductions, so no single percentage applies. Airlines based in countries with no personal income tax — the UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia — leave more of the same gross figure in your hand.