Turkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines captain pay is estimated at about $160K per year, pre-tax. These are our own estimates from public information, not figures the airline publishes.

Turkish Airlines first officer pay is estimated at about $100K per year, pre-tax, rising with seniority.

Captain & First Officer (Foreign Hire) — International operations · Istanbul base. Key requirements: License: ATPL (ICAO); English: ICAO Level 4+; Type: B787/A350/B777 widebody preferred. We have not been able to confirm flight-hour requirements the airline publishes. Type training is also available in-house at THY's own Aviation Academy.

We do not publish a monthly figure for Turkish Airlines.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 Turkish Airlines captains at about $160K. That is our own estimate from public information, not a figure Turkish 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 Turkish Airlines first officers at about $100K. That is our own estimate from public information, not a figure Turkish 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 2026-10-29; 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 Take-home depends on where you are resident and on your own deductions, so no single percentage applies, and we do not publish one.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.