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It's somewhat high paying. The median salary is $70/hr or $150M/yr
Goes to show how fucked everything is where a $70/hr job still can't afford the cost of living?
We need to shut down the bay area until we figure out what's going on
They can definitely afford cost of living, maybe it was inexperienced controllers who were complaining about their salary that I remember. But from the statistics I'm seeing even the entry level controllers make okay money these days.
makes you wonder what life is if you need to make 4x what you are to have one
Odd I remember seeing posts from controller making much less but you're right. Google says new inexperienced controllers make like $46k but I can't find data to back that up.
It's a pretty complicated scale with a lot of bonuses. An average controller probably makes ~40% of their income from overtime and bonuses, so that 46k is probably base income. The role and location also matters a lot. KLGA or KATL tower is going to make a lot more than KGCC ramp.
Don't they also have an earlier mandatory retirement age than most other jobs?
Yes, 56 unless you are an exceptionally talented controller, in which case you can work till 61. You also need 20/20 (correctable) vision, can't wear reading glasses, and can't have had a psychiatric condition at any point in your life.
What does the mm/ of mm/yr mean in this context?
M means thousand and MM means thousand thousand (million). MM was a typo.
M means thousands in which system??
Edit: Oh roman.
ⓘ 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘵. 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳.
It's a fiance/accounting thing
Thank you!