United Airlines

Gross, taxable US employment income in USD; contract currency is USD so no FX conversion was applied. Excludes per diem, profit sharing, 401(k)/DC contributions, premium and override pay, and all other add-pay. No housing, schooling or transport allowances exist at these carriers, unlike Gulf packages: this is a taxed gross figure, not a tax-free package. ANNUALISATION ASSUMPTION, stated because it is the main way these numbers go wrong: hourly rates x 900 credit hours per year (75 per bid period x 12). 900 is a convention, not a contractual guarantee. Delta's bid-period guarantee is variable from 72:00 to 80:00 based on Average Line Value (PWA s.8/s.10); United's UPA 23 reserve guarantee is 73 hours, rising to 77 in June, July, August and December, which annualises to 892 hours. Actual credit varies widely and senior pilots routinely fly above guarantee. RANGE: min is Delta's published year-1 widebody captain composite rate of $435.10/hr; max is United's year-12 A350/A330/777/787/767-400 rate of $483.74/hr. Delta's year-12 widebody rate is $474.20/hr and United's year-1 is $443.85/hr, so the two scales genuinely overlap across their whole length, which is why one row covers both. The year-1 floor is the published scale minimum, not a typical earner: few pilots hold a widebody captain seat at year-1 longevity. Delta source is the ALPA-hosted PWA text (CDN filename is a legacy 'Contract 2019 TA' label; the document header reads 'January 2023 Delta Pilot Working Agreement' and its own table of contents states PWA 03-02-2023 through 12-31-2026). Delta's PWA becomes amendable 31 December 2026 and Section 6 talks are open, so these rates have a known short shelf life.

Gross, taxable US employment income in USD; contract currency USD, no FX conversion. Excludes per diem, profit sharing, 401(k), premium and override pay. No housing, schooling or transport allowances: a taxed gross figure, not a tax-free Gulf-style package. ANNUALISATION ASSUMPTION: hourly rate x 900 credit hours per year (75 per bid period x 12); this is a convention, not a guarantee. Delta's bid-period guarantee is variable 72:00-80:00; United's reserve guarantee is 73 hours (77 in Jun/Jul/Aug/Dec). RANGE: min is Delta's year-1 A-320/319 and B-737-800/700 composite rate of $349.43/hr; max is United's year-12 A321neo/A321XLR rate of $404.92/hr. For comparison within the band, Delta year-12 A-321N is $396.93/hr and A-320/319 is $380.61/hr; United year-1 737-800/A320 is $356.46/hr and year-12 A321/737-MAX10 is $390.30/hr. The two scales overlap across their length, which is why one row covers both carriers. Both carriers pay a fleet premium for the largest narrowbodies (A321neo/A321XLR at United, A-321N at Delta), so the top of this band is an A321-family rate, not a 737 rate. Delta A-220 and B-717 rates are lower and are deliberately excluded from this row.

Gross, taxable US employment income in USD; contract currency USD, no FX conversion. Excludes per diem, profit sharing, 401(k) and premium pay. No housing, schooling or transport allowances. ANNUALISATION ASSUMPTION: hourly rate x 900 credit hours per year (75 per bid period x 12), a convention rather than a contractual guarantee; Delta's guarantee is variable 72:00-80:00 per bid period and United's reserve guarantee is 73 hours (77 in Jun/Jul/Aug/Dec). RANGE: min is the first-year first officer rate, which both carriers set flat across every fleet: Delta $123.04/hr, United $125.52/hr. Max is United's year-12 widebody (A350/A330/777/787/767-400) rate of $330.44/hr; Delta's year-12 widebody rate is $323.92/hr. IMPORTANT SUB-RANGE, so this row is not read as one flat band: a year-12 NARROWBODY first officer tops out materially lower, at $276.56/hr at United (A321neo/A321XLR) and $271.11/hr at Delta (A-321N), roughly $244,000 to $249,000 on the same 900-hour assumption. Both scales also step very steeply between year 1 and year 3 (Delta A-350 FO goes $123.04 to $234.69 to $274.63), so a mid-band figure is not a mid-seniority figure.

United publishes the full scale on its own careers site with dated steps: 1st year $38.21/hr, 2nd $40.53, 3rd $43.12, all effective 30 July 2026, rising annually to $43.74 (1st year) by 30 July 2030. Reserve duty carries a $2.00/hr override. ANNUALISATION ASSUMPTION, STATED: 852 credited hours per year (71/month), applied as a stated convention for comparability with the American row. United's own minimum monthly guarantee is NOT stated in the source used, so the hourly rates are strongly sourced while the annual conversion is an assumption, not a contract term. Figures are GROSS, pre-tax USD, fully taxable, with NO housing, schooling or transport allowances, in contrast to tax-free Gulf packages. EXCLUDES per diem (United publishes $2.97/hr domestic, $3.54/hr international away from base, partly tax-advantaged), boarding pay, sit pay, international purser and language premiums, and profit sharing. AFA-CWA reports the contract as a 31% average base rate increase plus boarding pay worth 7-8% of compensation on average. No FX conversion applied.

Two-carrier row, each carrier separately sourced and the ranges overlap. AMERICAN (source: APFA CBA Section 3.A, DOS+1 step): 5th year $48.69/hr to 10th year $66.94/hr. UNITED (source: United careers pay page, 30 July 2026 step): 5th year $50.56/hr to 10th year $69.29/hr. The floor of the range is American's 5th year and the ceiling is United's 10th year, both published figures, not extrapolations. ANNUALISATION ASSUMPTION, STATED: 852 credited hours per year (71 credited hours per month, the APFA contractual lineholder guarantee); United's guarantee is not published in the source used. Confidence is moderate rather than strong solely because of the shared annualisation assumption, not the hourly rates. GROSS pre-tax USD, fully taxable, NO housing, schooling or transport allowances, unlike Gulf tax-free packages. EXCLUDES per diem, boarding pay, international and language premiums and profit sharing. No FX conversion applied.

Gross US pay, annualised at 2,080 straight-time hours; no overtime, shift differential or profit sharing. USD, no FX conversion. Figures are all-in hourly rates including the $8.50/hr A&P licence premium, $1.00/hr line premium and, at the top, the $1.00/hr 12-year longevity premium: basic scale is $27.40/hr at step 1 and $51.25/hr at step 9 (Appendix A of the CBA), all-in $36.90 and $61.75. STALENESS IS THE POINT OF THIS ROW: the CBA's last scheduled raise took effect 1 January 2024, the February 2024 extension TA (which would have taken the all-in top to $67.46 in Dec 2024 and $69.17 in Dec 2025) was put to a vote and rejected in April 2024, and the agreement in principle announced 21 July 2026 for 11,000 mechanics is still unratified. So United A&P pay has not moved since January 2024 and now sits materially below American's January 2026 scale. Treat these as rates in force, not as a forward-looking benchmark. No housing/schooling/transport allowances; US pay is taxed.

Gross US pay, annualised at 2,080 straight-time hours; excludes overtime, the $3.00/hr lead-and-move-team premium at United, crew chief premiums at American, and shift differentials (United pays $0.48/hr afternoon). USD, no FX. Each end of the range is sourced separately: floor $19.64/hr is United's Ramp Service step 1 effective 1 May 2025; ceiling $40.31/hr is American's Fleet Service 11+ years step effective January 2026. The two scales overlap across their whole length (United tops out at $37.82/hr, American starts at $20.63/hr), which is why they are shown as one band. Progression is slow and back-loaded: at United a ramp agent is still at $31.07/hr after nine years and only reaches $37.16/hr at ten. Note contract status: United fleet service members REJECTED the June 2026 tentative agreement, so United ramp rates are unlikely to be current for much longer. No housing/schooling/transport allowances; US pay is taxed and these wage levels usually fall below the threshold where airline benefits offset much.

Gross US pay, annualised at 2,080 straight-time hours, excluding overtime, the $3.00/hr lead premium and shift differentials ($0.48/hr afternoon, $0.54/hr night). Currency USD, no FX conversion. Range is the first column of the ratified 2026-2031 Security Officer Employees Agreement, effective 1 July 2026: step 1 (0-18 months) $20.73/hr to step 5 (60+ months) $33.51/hr. The agreement then adds five further annual steps (1 July 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030 and 2031), taking the scale to $24.33 and $33.51 to $39.32/hr on 1 July 2031, which is the amendable date; a $39.32 top of scale would be about $81,800 on this annualisation, but that is 2031 contractual money, not current pay. Pay increases were applied with the 28 June 2026 payroll. This is airline-employed security, a different job and a different employer from TSA passenger screening, which is federal and is NOT covered by this row. Security Officers were one of only four United IAM groups that ratified in June 2026; Fleet Service, Passenger Service and Central Load Planners rejected. No housing, schooling or transport allowance: this is a bare cash wage plus US-style contributory benefits, not comparable line-for-line with a tax-free Gulf package, and US pay is taxed (federal, state and FICA). Scope note: one carrier's scale, not a US-wide figure.