The NBAA Compensation Survey is an indispensable business tool for NBAA member flight departments. Conducted annually, the industry survey provides a comprehensive review of aviation department personnel salaries and benefits to help member companies better evaluate their own flight departments.

The survey, administered and audited by BDO USA, P.C., provides participants with a comprehensive picture of aviation department makeup, key benefits, policies and compensation packages for their employees. This includes:

  • Annual cash compensation, including base salary, overtime and annual incentives)
  • Salary ranges
  • Merit increases
  • Long-term incentives – eligibility and type
  • Formally recorded duty/flight hours and weekend/RON days

Only NBAA Business or Operating members are eligible to take the survey. Complimentary access to survey results is provided to the NBAA member representatives, and those designated by the member representatives, at participating companies.

Companies who do not participate in the survey must pay $1,000 to access survey results.

NBAA Individual Professional members are not eligible to take part in the NBAA Compensation Survey or purchase access to the survey results.

Participate in the 2024 Compensation Survey Now
To participate in the 2024 Compensation Survey, download the Excel-based survey questionnaire, enable macros and follow the worksheet instructions to submit your survey to BDO. All Business and Operating Members that participate in the survey will receive free access to the Compensation Survey results in September once the data has been audited.

March 4, 2024 Survey Open
April 26, 2024 Survey Submission Deadline
September 2024 2024 Survey Results Published

For more information about the survey, email ops@nbaa.org or call 202-783-9250.