ZIPAIR Tokyo

We estimate captains at ZIPAIR Tokyo at about $157K a year. That is our own estimate, worked out from publicly available information; it is not a figure the airline states. Its official vacancy states no amount.

We estimate first officers at about $94K a year. That is our own estimate from publicly available information, not a figure the airline states.

Captain — B787 — International captain. Narita base. Key requirements: License: ATPL. We have not been able to confirm flight-hour requirements the airline publishes; the airline’s careers page is linked under Jobs above.

We estimate captains at about $157K a year at ZIPAIR Tokyo, $179K at ANA and $161K at JAL; first officers at about $94K, $98K and $102K respectively. All are pre-tax, and income tax applies in Japan.

We do not publish a monthly figure for ZIPAIR Tokyo. 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 ZIPAIR Tokyo captains at about $157K. That is our own estimate from public information, not a figure ZIPAIR Tokyo 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 ZIPAIR Tokyo first officers at about $94K. That is our own estimate from public information, not a figure ZIPAIR Tokyo publishes. These are gross figures, before income tax. The actual figure moves with the aircraft type, years of service and the routes you fly.

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 Take-home depends on where you are resident and on your own deductions, so no single percentage applies, and we do not publish one.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.