{"id":9589,"date":"2020-05-20T08:40:48","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T08:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bestdroneforthejob.com\/?p=9589"},"modified":"2021-03-16T08:10:52","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T08:10:52","slug":"drone-uav-pilot-salaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestdroneforthejob.com\/blog\/drone-uav-pilot-salaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Drone Pilot Salaries: How Much Do UAV Pilots Make?"},"content":{"rendered":"
How much money will I make\u2014isn\u2019t this the question, if we are honest, that most of us ask when courting a new job opportunity? Salary should not be our sole factor, but we all need to keep a roof over our heads and put food on the table. <\/strong>The idea of being a certified, professional commercial drone pilot seems very alluring, but can you make a nice living on a drone pilot\u2019s salary<\/a>?<\/p>\n How much?<\/p>\n And are there salaried positions available for drone operators, or is it a just freelance\/gig economy kind of thing?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n First, we need to address where precisely pilots operate.<\/strong><\/p>\n A fast check on some of the leading job boards can show what to expect in this line of work. The field is quite competitive.<\/p>\n A recent search of job listings using the terms like \u201cdrone pilot,\u201d \u201cUAV pilot,\u201d and \u201cUAS pilot\u201d yielded a little over one hundred jobs in the US.<\/strong><\/p>\n Salaried drone pilot jobs are only a few nationwide.<\/p>\n But salaried isn\u2019t the only way to go as a drone pilot.<\/p>\n The employment possibilities for drone pilots fall into three categories:<\/strong><\/p>\n Drone pilots have other possibilities to get employment beyond these three categories, but these are the most common ways drone\/UAV\/UAS pilots make a living.<\/p>\n In enterprises where drone adoption is increasing, companies are establishing programs and full departments dedicated to drone operations.<\/p>\n For instance, construction firms are including in-house drone pilots to their staff to manage aerial surveys of their work sites.<\/strong><\/p>\n In some cases, larger companies may build drone technologists\u2019 multi-person teams to fly drones and control drone operations and process the data collected.<\/p>\n In another example, public safety organizations are setting up drone applications and training<\/a> their officers to fly drones for search and rescue missions.<\/strong> These cases represent opportunities for professionals already established within a specific career field to find work flying drones.<\/p>\n More organizations are embracing drone use in their daily operations and finding themselves in the requirement of certified drone pilots.<\/p>\n
\nWho Employs Drone Pilots?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Industry Specialists Operating Within a Drone Program<\/strong><\/h3>\n