Delta Air Lines Pilot Pay 2026: Rates by Aircraft and Seat
The highest captain rate in the Delta Air Lines agreement is US$425.94 per credit hour, on the B-777 scale, about US$332,233 a year at the 65-hour monthly guarantee. Rates below are the full scale, by aircraft type, seat and year of service.
In force since September 29, 2023
Next scheduled increase none in the current agreement
Top of scale by aircraft
The agreement sets a rate for every aircraft category it covers. That can include types the carrier does not currently operate, so a rate here is the scale for that type rather than proof it is flown.
Aircraft
Captain
First Officer
B-777
US$425.94
US$290.96
A-350
US$425.94
US$290.96
B-787
US$425.94
US$290.96
A-330-900/300/200
US$425.94
US$290.96
B-767-400ER
US$425.94
US$290.96
B-767-300ER
US$356.53
US$243.51
B-767-300/200
US$356.53
US$243.51
B-757
US$356.53
US$243.51
A-321N
US$356.53
US$243.51
B-737-900
US$343.67
US$234.73
A-321
US$343.67
US$234.73
B-737-800/700
US$341.87
US$233.50
A-320/319
US$341.87
US$233.50
A-220-300
US$329.90
US$225.32
A-220-100
US$316.39
US$216.09
B-717
US$307.64
US$210.10
EMB-195
US$258.28
US$176.43
EMB-190/CRJ-900
US$219.74
US$150.06
Full scale by year of service
Hourly rates in USD. Year of service is the pilot's year on the seniority list.
B-777
Delta Air Lines B-777 pilot hourly pay by seat and year of service
Year
Captain
First Officer
1
US$390.83
US$110.52
2
US$394.00
US$210.81
3
US$397.22
US$246.68
4
US$400.42
US$252.66
5
US$403.64
US$258.69
6
US$406.80
US$265.25
7
US$410.01
US$272.63
8
US$413.17
US$278.88
9
US$416.37
US$281.92
10
US$419.55
US$285.75
11
US$422.74
US$288.31
12
US$425.94
US$290.96
A-350
Delta Air Lines A-350 pilot hourly pay by seat and year of service
Year
Captain
First Officer
1
US$390.83
US$110.52
2
US$394.00
US$210.81
3
US$397.22
US$246.68
4
US$400.42
US$252.66
5
US$403.64
US$258.69
6
US$406.80
US$265.25
7
US$410.01
US$272.63
8
US$413.17
US$278.88
9
US$416.37
US$281.92
10
US$419.55
US$285.75
11
US$422.74
US$288.31
12
US$425.94
US$290.96
B-787
Delta Air Lines B-787 pilot hourly pay by seat and year of service
Year
Captain
First Officer
1
US$390.83
US$110.52
2
US$394.00
US$210.81
3
US$397.22
US$246.68
4
US$400.42
US$252.66
5
US$403.64
US$258.69
6
US$406.80
US$265.25
7
US$410.01
US$272.63
8
US$413.17
US$278.88
9
US$416.37
US$281.92
10
US$419.55
US$285.75
11
US$422.74
US$288.31
12
US$425.94
US$290.96
A-330-900/300/200
Delta Air Lines A-330-900/300/200 pilot hourly pay by seat and year of service
Year
Captain
First Officer
1
US$390.83
US$110.52
2
US$394.00
US$210.81
3
US$397.22
US$246.68
4
US$400.42
US$252.66
5
US$403.64
US$258.69
6
US$406.80
US$265.25
7
US$410.01
US$272.63
8
US$413.17
US$278.88
9
US$416.37
US$281.92
10
US$419.55
US$285.75
11
US$422.74
US$288.31
12
US$425.94
US$290.96
B-767-400ER
Delta Air Lines B-767-400ER pilot hourly pay by seat and year of service
Year
Captain
First Officer
1
US$390.83
US$110.52
2
US$394.00
US$210.81
3
US$397.22
US$246.68
4
US$400.42
US$252.66
5
US$403.64
US$258.69
6
US$406.80
US$265.25
7
US$410.01
US$272.63
8
US$413.17
US$278.88
9
US$416.37
US$281.92
10
US$419.55
US$285.75
11
US$422.74
US$288.31
12
US$425.94
US$290.96
B-767-300ER
Delta Air Lines B-767-300ER pilot hourly pay by seat and year of service
Year
Captain
First Officer
1
US$324.15
US$110.52
2
US$326.91
US$174.89
3
US$329.56
US$204.66
4
US$332.23
US$209.64
5
US$335.06
US$214.78
6
US$337.67
US$220.15
7
US$340.17
US$226.22
8
US$342.98
US$231.53
9
US$345.42
US$233.87
10
US$349.14
US$237.76
11
US$352.89
US$240.68
12
US$356.53
US$243.51
B-767-300/200
Delta Air Lines B-767-300/200 pilot hourly pay by seat and year of service
Year
Captain
First Officer
1
US$324.15
US$110.52
2
US$326.91
US$174.89
3
US$329.56
US$204.66
4
US$332.23
US$209.64
5
US$335.06
US$214.78
6
US$337.67
US$220.15
7
US$340.17
US$226.22
8
US$342.98
US$231.53
9
US$345.42
US$233.87
10
US$349.14
US$237.76
11
US$352.89
US$240.68
12
US$356.53
US$243.51
B-757
Delta Air Lines B-757 pilot hourly pay by seat and year of service
Year
Captain
First Officer
1
US$324.15
US$110.52
2
US$326.91
US$174.89
3
US$329.56
US$204.66
4
US$332.23
US$209.64
5
US$335.06
US$214.78
6
US$337.67
US$220.15
7
US$340.17
US$226.22
8
US$342.98
US$231.53
9
US$345.42
US$233.87
10
US$349.14
US$237.76
11
US$352.89
US$240.68
12
US$356.53
US$243.51
A-321N
Delta Air Lines A-321N pilot hourly pay by seat and year of service
Year
Captain
First Officer
1
US$324.15
US$110.52
2
US$326.91
US$174.89
3
US$329.56
US$204.66
4
US$332.23
US$209.64
5
US$335.06
US$214.78
6
US$337.67
US$220.15
7
US$340.17
US$226.22
8
US$342.98
US$231.53
9
US$345.42
US$233.87
10
US$349.14
US$237.76
11
US$352.89
US$240.68
12
US$356.53
US$243.51
B-737-900
Delta Air Lines B-737-900 pilot hourly pay by seat and year of service
Year
Captain
First Officer
1
US$315.25
US$110.52
2
US$317.73
US$169.95
3
US$320.21
US$198.87
4
US$322.82
US$203.69
5
US$325.44
US$208.58
6
US$328.04
US$213.89
7
US$330.62
US$219.88
8
US$333.21
US$224.95
9
US$335.86
US$227.36
10
US$338.36
US$230.45
11
US$341.02
US$232.57
12
US$343.67
US$234.73
A-321
Delta Air Lines A-321 pilot hourly pay by seat and year of service
Year
Captain
First Officer
1
US$315.25
US$110.52
2
US$317.73
US$169.95
3
US$320.21
US$198.87
4
US$322.82
US$203.69
5
US$325.44
US$208.58
6
US$328.04
US$213.89
7
US$330.62
US$219.88
8
US$333.21
US$224.95
9
US$335.86
US$227.36
10
US$338.36
US$230.45
11
US$341.02
US$232.57
12
US$343.67
US$234.73
B-737-800/700
Delta Air Lines B-737-800/700 pilot hourly pay by seat and year of service
Year
Captain
First Officer
1
US$313.88
US$110.52
2
US$316.33
US$169.25
3
US$318.81
US$197.99
4
US$321.40
US$202.81
5
US$323.99
US$207.69
6
US$326.54
US$212.88
7
US$329.08
US$218.82
8
US$331.65
US$223.88
9
US$334.24
US$226.26
10
US$336.77
US$229.32
11
US$339.36
US$231.43
12
US$341.87
US$233.50
A-320/319
Delta Air Lines A-320/319 pilot hourly pay by seat and year of service
Year
Captain
First Officer
1
US$313.88
US$110.52
2
US$316.33
US$169.25
3
US$318.81
US$197.99
4
US$321.40
US$202.81
5
US$323.99
US$207.69
6
US$326.54
US$212.88
7
US$329.08
US$218.82
8
US$331.65
US$223.88
9
US$334.24
US$226.26
10
US$336.77
US$229.32
11
US$339.36
US$231.43
12
US$341.87
US$233.50
A-220-300
Delta Air Lines A-220-300 pilot hourly pay by seat and year of service
Year
Captain
First Officer
1
US$302.48
US$110.52
2
US$304.97
US$163.17
3
US$307.43
US$190.94
4
US$309.92
US$195.56
5
US$312.43
US$200.27
6
US$314.95
US$205.33
7
US$317.43
US$211.07
8
US$319.91
US$215.94
9
US$322.38
US$218.27
10
US$324.88
US$221.26
11
US$327.40
US$223.29
12
US$329.90
US$225.32
A-220-100
Delta Air Lines A-220-100 pilot hourly pay by seat and year of service
Year
Captain
First Officer
1
US$290.09
US$110.52
2
US$292.50
US$156.49
3
US$294.84
US$183.11
4
US$297.24
US$187.54
5
US$299.64
US$192.06
6
US$302.06
US$196.92
7
US$304.42
US$202.43
8
US$306.81
US$207.09
9
US$309.18
US$209.33
10
US$311.57
US$212.19
11
US$313.99
US$214.14
12
US$316.39
US$216.09
B-717
Delta Air Lines B-717 pilot hourly pay by seat and year of service
Year
Captain
First Officer
1
US$282.47
US$110.52
2
US$284.55
US$152.21
3
US$286.89
US$178.14
4
US$289.21
US$182.49
5
US$291.44
US$186.79
6
US$293.84
US$191.58
7
US$296.08
US$196.88
8
US$298.39
US$201.44
9
US$300.71
US$203.57
10
US$303.06
US$206.37
11
US$305.42
US$208.34
12
US$307.64
US$210.10
EMB-195
Delta Air Lines EMB-195 pilot hourly pay by seat and year of service
Year
Captain
First Officer
1
US$237.13
US$110.52
2
US$238.88
US$127.81
3
US$240.84
US$149.57
4
US$242.84
US$153.21
5
US$244.69
US$156.86
6
US$246.67
US$160.83
7
US$248.56
US$165.29
8
US$250.51
US$169.10
9
US$252.46
US$170.92
10
US$254.41
US$173.26
11
US$256.40
US$174.87
12
US$258.28
US$176.43
EMB-190/CRJ-900
Delta Air Lines EMB-190/CRJ-900 pilot hourly pay by seat and year of service
Year
Captain
First Officer
1
US$201.74
US$110.52
2
US$203.24
US$110.52
3
US$204.94
US$127.24
4
US$206.58
US$130.33
5
US$208.16
US$133.43
6
US$209.83
US$136.81
7
US$211.47
US$140.62
8
US$213.13
US$143.87
9
US$214.78
US$145.40
10
US$216.46
US$147.39
11
US$218.12
US$148.77
12
US$219.74
US$150.06
Monthly guarantee
Delta Air Lines guarantees 65 credit hours a month. 65 lineholder; reserve 72-80 (ALV-based). Annual figures on this page multiply the hourly rate by that guarantee, which is the floor rather than typical earnings.