But thatâs the starting minimum by contract. Airline pilots typically can earn more with overtime, extra trips, per-diem allowances and bonus pay for international trips. At the top end of the airline scale, Southwest Airlines has a first-year minimum of $49,572.n the low end, first-year pilots at US Airways would, theoretically, earn a minimum $21,600 a year. For that, they would work 72 hours a month at the controls of a plane (lots more hours are involved in flight preparations, overnights and sitting around waiting).
The middle half of these merchant seamen earned an average of $64,180 per year. The top quarter had annual salaries of $91,750 per year and the average salary of the top 10 percent was $117,310 per year. The average annual salary of engineers in the merchant marine was $70,920 per year in 2010.The bottom 10 percent of these merchant seamen made an average salary of $38,170 per year, and the bottom fourth made $48,160 per year on average. The middle half of ship engineers earned salaries averaging $65,880 per year.he middle half of these merchant seamen earned an average of $64,180 per year. The top quarter had annual salaries of $91,750 per year and the average salary of the top 10 percent was $117,310 per year. The average annual salary of engineers in the merchant marine was $70,920 per year in 2010.
Letter Carriers. Postal workers who are considered City Carrier Grade 1 employees started at a salary of $44,291 a year, or $21.29 an hour, in 2011, according to the National Association of Letter Carriers union.This figure included a $978 cost-of-living adjustment.ccording to the American Postal Workers Union, clerks' salaries depended on their service grade. Level 3 employees in the lowest spot on the pay scale earned $25,657 to start. The bureau reported the nation's 65,040 postal clerks overall averaged $52,860, or $25.41 an hour.