If you’ve ever wanted to become a tour pilot, you might be interested in how much they make. As a tour pilot, you’ll essentially be taking groups of people (usually tourists) on a sightseeing tour of a certain area. For most tours, you’ll often follow a set path that has already been predetermined by the tour company you work for, meaning that the tour will begin and end at the same airport. On some tours, you may even be able to drop certain passengers off at select locations so that they can explore and take pictures, and then return to pick them up after a few hours.
Working as a tour pilot, you will need to own a commercial pilot license (a private pilot license is not applicable to this particular role) and your salaries will begin at an average of around $55,000 a year, rising all the way to around $100,00 a year for the top earners.