Home › Pilot Salary by Country › India
Pilot Salary in India
2 airlines based in India, compared on our captain and first officer estimates and ranges. Civil aviation authority: DGCA.
Pilot salary by airline in India
Airlines whose sources we have checked come first, each figure shown with who it applies to, what it includes and when it was published. The rest are sorted by captain average, highest first. Click an airline for its pay breakdown, fleet, hiring requirements and reviews from working pilots.
Airlines whose sources we have checked (2)
“Official posting” means the airline’s own published figure, “job posting” a recruitment agency’s advert, “past ad” a vacancy that has since closed, and “modelled example” a figure we can reproduce from a published document and its formula. “Estimated” is our own estimate from public information, not a figure the airline publishes.
| Airline | Position | Annual figure we publish |
|---|---|---|
| IndiGo | Captain | $111K (Estimated) |
| First officer | $61K (Estimated) | |
| Air India | Captain | $106K (Estimated) |
| First officer | $45K (Estimated) |
Where India sits worldwide
Captain estimates side by side. India sits at $109K against a $270K world average — about 59% below. That places it 46th of the 52 countries we give an average for.
Country figures are the mean of our captain estimates for the airlines we list there. First officers: $154K worldwide. These are our own estimates from public information, not figures the airlines publish. Where an airline has published a figure itself, we show that separately on its own page.
Compare other countries
To see the whole region at once, go to pilot salary in Asia — 27 airlines across 12 countries, captains averaging $195K.
Frequently asked questions
How much do pilots earn in India?
Which airline in India pays pilots the most?
How does India rank worldwide for pilot pay?
How does it compare with Japanese airlines?
Where to next