Malaysia Airlines

We estimate captains at Malaysia Airlines at about $167K a year. That is our own estimate, worked out from publicly available information; it is not a figure the airline states.

We estimate first officers at about $68K a year. That is our own estimate from publicly available information, not a figure the airline states.

Direct Entry Captain — Int'l widebody. Key requirements: License: ATPL (ICAO). We have not been able to confirm flight-hour requirements the airline publishes; the airline’s careers page is linked under Jobs above.

We do not publish a monthly figure for Malaysia Airlines.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 Malaysia Airlines captains at about $167K. That is our own estimate from public information, not a figure Malaysia Airlines publishes. The sources do not say whether the Malaysia Airlines figures on this page are before or after tax. The actual figure moves with the aircraft type, years of service and the routes you fly. We estimate annual pay for Malaysia Airlines first officers at about $68K. That is our own estimate from public information, not a figure Malaysia Airlines publishes. The sources do not say whether the Malaysia Airlines figures on this page are before or after 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.

The sources do not say whether the Malaysia Airlines figures on this page are before or after 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 Take-home depends on where you are resident and on your own deductions, so no single percentage applies, and we do not publish one.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.