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Class 4 instructor pay these days?
Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2023 12:09 pm
by Z28
Hello aviators
Just wondering what they pay class 4 instructors these days on average per hour ? Schools seem to charge between $75-$95 hour for the instructor so just wondering.
Thanks in advance
Re: Class 4 instructor pay these days?
Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2023 2:07 pm
by Bede
Z28 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 11, 2023 12:09 pm
Hello aviators
Just wondering what they pay class 4 instructors these days on average per hour ? Schools seem to charge between $75-$95 hour for the instructor so just wondering.
Thanks in advance
I started instructing in the late 90's, early aughts. If I recall the instructor rate was $40/hr. I earned $15/hr as a class 4, $20 as a class 3 and $25 as a class 2. So, 37%, 50% & 62% of the gross revenue.
Today's dollars
Assuming $90/hr, $33, $45, $56/hr for class 4, 3, 2 respectively.
Seems about right.
Re: Class 4 instructor pay these days?
Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2023 7:01 pm
by goldeneagle
Bede wrote: ↑Sat Nov 11, 2023 2:07 pm
I started instructing in the late 90's, early aughts. If I recall the instructor rate was $40/hr. I earned $15/hr as a class 4, $20 as a class 3 and $25 as a class 2.
Interesting numbers. I started instructing in '80. My first job paid 800 a month base pay, then 12 dollars an hour instructing, mileage when on charter, 15 an hour if the charter was hourly instead of by mileage.
Re: Class 4 instructor pay these days?
Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2023 12:55 pm
by Me262
Bede wrote: ↑Sat Nov 11, 2023 2:07 pm
Z28 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 11, 2023 12:09 pm
Hello aviators
Just wondering what they pay class 4 instructors these days on average per hour ? Schools seem to charge between $75-$95 hour for the instructor so just wondering.
Thanks in advance
I started instructing in the late 90's, early aughts. If I recall the instructor rate was $40/hr. I earned $15/hr as a class 4, $20 as a class 3 and $25 as a class 2. So, 37%, 50% & 62% of the gross revenue.
Today's dollars
Assuming $90/hr, $33, $45, $56/hr for class 4, 3, 2 respectively.
Seems about right.
Not even close.
Most schools pay 25/30/35
Re: Class 4 instructor pay these days?
Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2023 3:53 pm
by Big Pistons Forever
I made $28/hr as a class 2 line instructor……in 1990
Re: Class 4 instructor pay these days?
Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2023 7:18 pm
by Bede
Me262 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 13, 2023 12:55 pm
Not even close.
Most schools pay 25/30/35
What self-respecting class 2 instructor would work for $35/hr in this day and age? The old argument, that "if I don't do it, someone else will" doesn't hold.
Re: Class 4 instructor pay these days?
Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2023 3:27 am
by lownslow
Bede wrote: ↑Mon Nov 13, 2023 7:18 pm
What self-respecting class 2 instructor would work for $35/hr in this day and age?
I haven’t seen a class 2 instructor anywhere in years, so I guess the answer is no one?
Re: Class 4 instructor pay these days?
Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2023 7:53 am
by khedrei
Me262 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 13, 2023 12:55 pm
Bede wrote: ↑Sat Nov 11, 2023 2:07 pm
Z28 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 11, 2023 12:09 pm
Hello aviators
Just wondering what they pay class 4 instructors these days on average per hour ? Schools seem to charge between $75-$95 hour for the instructor so just wondering.
Thanks in advance
I started instructing in the late 90's, early aughts. If I recall the instructor rate was $40/hr. I earned $15/hr as a class 4, $20 as a class 3 and $25 as a class 2. So, 37%, 50% & 62% of the gross revenue.
Today's dollars
Assuming $90/hr, $33, $45, $56/hr for class 4, 3, 2 respectively.
Seems about right.
Not even close.
Most schools pay 25/30/35
The one around me is in fact paying low 30s to mid 50s as bede mentioned but the 2s are around 45 and 1s are in the mid 50s. 3s and 4s are close to the low and mid 30s depending on experience. As far as I know, no one around here pays in the 20s anymore.
Re: Class 4 instructor pay these days?
Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2023 8:48 am
by Me262
khedrei wrote: ↑Mon Dec 04, 2023 7:53 am
Me262 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 13, 2023 12:55 pm
Bede wrote: ↑Sat Nov 11, 2023 2:07 pm
I started instructing in the late 90's, early aughts. If I recall the instructor rate was $40/hr. I earned $15/hr as a class 4, $20 as a class 3 and $25 as a class 2. So, 37%, 50% & 62% of the gross revenue.
Today's dollars
Assuming $90/hr, $33, $45, $56/hr for class 4, 3, 2 respectively.
Seems about right.
Not even close.
Most schools pay 25/30/35
The one around me is in fact paying low 30s to mid 50s as bede mentioned but the 2s are around 45 and 1s are in the mid 50s. 3s and 4s are close to the low and mid 30s depending on experience. As far as I know, no one around here pays in the 20s anymore.
BC is cheap to live in so they pay 25
