Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers
Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers: demand is rising in the US and holding steady in Canada. The evidence, updated weekly.
United States: Rising
Basis: weekly + outlook agree. Aviation job postings +14.5% year on year (Indeed Hiring Lab, data to Oct 30, 2026). BLS projected employment growth 2025–35: +8.3%. Median pay: US$232,140.
Canada: Holding
Basis: weekly + outlook agree. Aviation job postings +7.5% year on year (Indeed Hiring Lab, data to Oct 30, 2026). Job Bank outlook score: +0.22 on a scale of −2 to +2.
US SOC 53-2011. Canada NOC 72600. Issue 1 (data to Oct 30, 2026). Sources: Indeed Hiring Lab job postings tracker (CC BY 4.0), BLS Employment Projections and OEWS, ESDC Job Bank, public company job boards. How ratings are built: method. Data files: /data.