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Pilot Salary in South Korea
2 airlines based in South Korea, compared on our captain and first officer estimates and ranges. Civil aviation authority: MOLIT.
Pilot salary by airline in South Korea
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Korean Air | Captain | $162K (Estimated) |
| First officer | $81K (Estimated) | |
| Asiana Airlines | Captain | $148K (Estimated) |
| First officer | $70K (Estimated) |
Where South Korea sits worldwide
Captain estimates side by side. South Korea sits at $158K against a $270K world average — about 41% below. That places it 30th 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.
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