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First Officer — Annual Base Pay by Year of Service
401(k) / Retirement Employer Contribution
Breeze Airways
6% match
Southwest Airlines
20% (18% B fund + 2% MBCBP)
Delta Air Lines
17%
United Airlines
18%
American Airlines
16%
JetBlue Airways
17%
Frontier Airlines
15% defined contribution
Breeze vs. Peers — Year 12 Base Pay
First Officer — Annual Base Pay Snapshot
Cumulative Net Worth Accumulation
First Officer — Cumulative Compensation Through Year 12
Breeze Gap vs. Each Airline at Selected Year
What Has Breeze's Contract Delay Cost You?
Personal Cost Calculator
Enter your Breeze hire date to see the cumulative total compensation gap vs. the industry average, and how much Breeze currently saves per month by not offering a competitive contract. Uses the FO / Captain toggle above.
Breeze Hire Date
Time at Breeze
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Total Comp Lost Since Hire
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Cumulative base pay + 401(k) contribution gap vs. the average of Southwest, Delta, United, American & JetBlue at the same year of service.
Gap Per Year (Current Rate)
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At your current year of service, how much more total comp (base + 401k) the industry average pays annually vs. Breeze.
Breeze Saves Per Pilot / Month
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What Breeze pockets per pilot per month by not matching industry-average total compensation at your current year of service.
Pay Scale Details & Methodology
How Total Compensation Is Calculated
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Annual Base Pay = published hourly contract rate × 900 credit hours/year. This is the industry-standard billing assumption for a full-time line pilot. Southwest is handled differently: SWAPA TFP (Trip for Pay) rates × 1,034 TFP/year (the SWAPA benchmark equivalent to ~900 block hours), with scheduled Jan 2025 and Jan 2026 +4% raises applied.
Annual Base Pay = Hourly Rate × 900 hrs/yr
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Total Compensation = Base Pay + Employer Retirement Contribution. Retirement rates are employer-paid direct contributions (not employee deferrals): Breeze 6%, Southwest 20% (18% B-fund defined contribution + 2% MBCBP effective Jan 2026), Delta 17%, United 18%, American 16%, JetBlue 17%.
Total Comp = Base Pay × (1 + Employer Retirement Rate)
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Net Worth Accumulation sums all base pay earned through a given year, plus the future value of each year's employer retirement contribution compounded at 7%/yr using a mid-year convention (contribution assumed at mid-year, so contribution in Year y grows for N − y − 0.5 years through Year N). Per diem, profit sharing, and personal 401(k) contributions are excluded.
Net Worth (Yr N) = Σ Base + Σ [ Contriby × 1.07(N−y−0.5) ]
First Officer — Annual Pay by Year of Service (All Airlines)
Base pay shown first. Below each: employer retirement contribution → total compensation.
Contract Data & Sources
Pay scales: Annual figures = published hourly or TFP rates × ~900 credit hours/year. JetBlue uses A320 rates from the 2022 JBPA CBA. Southwest uses SWAPA 2024 contract TFP rates × 1,034 TFP/yr (equivalent to 900 block hours) with Jan 2025 and Jan 2026 scheduled 4% raises applied. Frontier uses full year-by-year hourly rates from AirlinePilotCentral. "Year of Service" = years in that seat. 401(k) / Retirement: Breeze 6% match; Southwest 20% (18% B fund + 2% MBCBP, effective Jan 2026); Delta 17%; United 18%; American 16%; JetBlue 17%; Frontier 15% defined contribution. Net Worth chart: Cumulative salary + employer retirement contributions compounded at 7%/yr (mid-year convention). Does not include per diem, profit sharing, or personal contributions.
Sources: AirlinePilotCentral.com (all contract pay tables), Aviation A2Z (2024), RotatePilot.com, AirMappr.com.
Sources: AirlinePilotCentral.com (all contract pay tables), Aviation A2Z (2024), RotatePilot.com, AirMappr.com.