Airline headquartered in Qatar. Founded 1993. Has a pilot base in Doha. Fleet includes the A320-200, A350-1000 and A350-900.
FleetTypes listed by the airline
Sourcesqatar-airways “Official LinkedIn”Qatar Airways “Privacy Notice revised 30 April 2025”Qatar Airways “Explore our fleet”
$250K
$140K
Our estimate
SourcesAviation A2Z, “Qatar Airways Pilot Salary in 2026”Published 18 October 2026 · checked 30 October 2026Ready For Take-Off Book, “Qatar Airways | Pilot Pay, Rosters, Fleet & Benefits”Published 19 May 2026 · checked 30 October 2026
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Qatar Airways “Type Rated First Officer Boeing / Ref260000ER”checked 19 October 2026Qatar Airways “Cadet Pilot Training Programme”checked 19 October 2026Qatar Airways “Cadet Pilot Programme”checked 19 October 2026
Scholarship guarantorJob ad
A Qatari guarantor is required. Scholarship costs are repaid on failure, withdrawal or resignation before completing the required service
Scholarship guide for Qatari cadets · checked 19 October 2026
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Wellbeing support
Peer support for mental wellbeing for crew, including pilots
Group annual report 2025/26
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SourcesQatar Airways Group “Annual Report 2025/26, Our People p.36”Qatar Airways Group “Consolidated Financial Statements year ended 31 March 2026, p.32”
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Base city
Doha
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7 airports
MalaysiaKUL
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur
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United KingdomLHR
London
London
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We estimate captains at Qatar Airways at about $250K a year. That is our own estimate, worked out from publicly available information; it is not a figure the airline states. Its careers site carried no pay figure when we checked on 2026-09-29. Actual amounts from payslips submitted by pilots are in REAL PAY.
We estimate first officers at about $140K a year. That is our own estimate from publicly available information, not a figure the airline states. Actual amounts from payslips submitted by pilots are in REAL PAY.
Qatar has no personal income tax, so no income tax is deducted from pay and take-home is effectively the same as the gross figure. We estimate a captain at about $250K a year — our own estimate from public information, not a figure the airline states. No tax is not the same as high pay. Japanese residency rules are a separate question for your own tax adviser.
Captain — A380/B777/A350 (Direct Entry) — Doha-based international captain. Key requirements: English: ICAO Level 4+. The airline’s vacancy for first officers with a Boeing type rating asks for 1,000+ hours on multi-crew jet airliners (500+ on the specified Boeing types), current on type within the last 12 months, an ATPL with instrument rating and a Class 1 medical. Applications via recruitment agencies also common.
We do not publish a monthly figure for Qatar Airways. 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 Qatar Airways captains at about $250K. That is our own estimate from public information, not a figure Qatar Airways publishes. There is no personal income tax where the airline is based, so this is close to take-home. The actual figure moves with the aircraft type, years of service and the routes you fly. We estimate annual pay for Qatar Airways first officers at about $140K. That is our own estimate from public information, not a figure Qatar Airways publishes. There is no personal income tax where the airline is based, so this is close to take-home. 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.
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