Icelandair

Icelandair captain pay is estimated at about $171K per year, pre-tax. These are our own estimates from public information, not figures the airline publishes.

Icelandair first officer pay is estimated at about $99K per year, pre-tax, rising with seniority.

Captain / First Officer — Flying transatlantic routes. Keflavík-based. Key requirements: License: EASA ATPL (Samgöngustofa-approved); English: ICAO Level 4 or above; Type Rating: B737 MAX / B767 preferred. We have not been able to confirm flight-hour requirements the airline publishes. English is widely spoken (as across the Nordic region), which makes it an easy place to settle. Getting used to the winter darkness takes some adjustment.

We do not publish a monthly figure for Icelandair. 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 Icelandair captains at about $171K. That is our own estimate from public information, not a figure Icelandair 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 Icelandair first officers at about $99K. That is our own estimate from public information, not a figure Icelandair 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 Take-home depends on where you are resident and on your own deductions, so no single percentage applies, and we do not publish one.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.