AI Career Radar

Commercial Pilots

Pilot and navigate the flight of fixed-wing aircraft on nonscheduled air carrier routes, or helicopters. Requires Commercial Pilot certificate. Includes charter pilots with similar certification, and air ambulance and air tour pilots. Excludes regional, national, and international airline pilots.

AI exposure32 / 100Low exposure

Based on O*NET work context for this occupation. This score does not predict individual job losses.

What drives the score

Automation and repetition raise exposure; freedom to set tasks lowers it. Each measure uses a 0–100 scale.

Degree of automation27
Freedom to set tasks95
Repeating the same tasks67
$123,220Median annual wage, U.S.BLS OEWS
+5.2%Jobs, 2025 to 2035 (faster than average)BLS Employment Projections
66Skill durability (moderate)Transferability, out of 100

How well your skills transfer

Each skill is scored on how well it transfers into occupations that are growing and less exposed. The ones high on both importance and transfer are worth deepening.

Highest transferability first

Both scores out of 100

Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Monitoring
63
78
Critical Thinking
63
75
Active Listening
63
72
Judgment and Decision Making
63
72
Speaking
63
69
Active Learning
62
66
Complex Problem Solving
62
66
Coordination
62
56
Reading Comprehension
61
69
Time Management
61
50
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Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Writing
60
50
Social Perceptiveness
60
50
Learning Strategies
58
53
Instructing
58
50
Systems Analysis
57
53
Systems Evaluation
56
50
Service Orientation
56
47
Persuasion
54
47
Mathematics
53
44
Science
52
41
Negotiation
52
28
Management of Personnel Resources
50
47
Operations Analysis
49
16
Installation
48
0
Troubleshooting
47
53
Quality Control Analysis
47
41
Equipment Maintenance
47
22
Management of Material Resources
47
22
Management of Financial Resources
47
16
Technology Design
47
13
Equipment Selection
47
13
Operations Monitoring
46
85
Repairing
46
22
Programming
45
13
Operation and Control
43
94

Compare how well you can use each skill in growing, low-exposure occupations with its importance in your current role. How we score skills.

Jobs you could move to

Compare related occupations by skill overlap, retraining effort, pay and projected growth. Choose a priority to adjust the ranking. Licensing requirements may limit some routes.

82/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$135,880
10-yr growth
+21.1%
Skill gap
4%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Service Orientation, Reading Comprehension, Writing, Active Listening

78/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$175,140
10-yr growth
+15.8%
Skill gap
18%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Operations Analysis, Management of Financial Resources, Negotiation, Writing

77/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$129,180
10-yr growth
+21%
Skill gap
9%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Writing, Quality Control Analysis, Systems Analysis, Reading Comprehension

76/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$167,220
10-yr growth
+8.2%
Skill gap
12%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Writing, Social Perceptiveness, Coordination, Management of Personnel Resources

76/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$167,220
10-yr growth
+8.2%
Skill gap
14%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Writing, Negotiation, Time Management, Systems Evaluation

#6HospitalistsHealthcare
76/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$265,930
10-yr growth
+3.4%
Skill gap
15%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Social Perceptiveness, Service Orientation, Writing, Negotiation

A second source of income, before you need it

This page can tell you where Commercial Pilots could go and what the move costs. The other route is not a move at all: something small of your own, running alongside the job, started while there is no pressure on it.

Where to learn the missing half: Google Career Certificates for systems analysis · active learning, LinkedIn Learning for writing · speaking, edX for mathematics · reading and PlanetNoCode for complex problem solving. Some of those are affiliate links. It never changes what we list.

Snapshot: O*NET 31.0, BLS OEWS May 2025, BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035. Scoring v2.1.0-onet-31.0. Method on the how it works page.