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Commercial Pilots pay in Rochester, NY and Waterbury-Shelton, CT
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Commercial Pilots is $129,350 per year in Rochester, NY. It is $315,450 per year in Waterbury-Shelton, CT. Rochester, NY is 59.0% below Waterbury-Shelton, CT on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 53-2012 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 40 wage and salary jobs in Rochester, NY and 130 in Waterbury-Shelton, CT. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings