Program Payoff

Air Transportation programs in Washington

7 schools in Washington teach this, at certificate or associate level. The Department of Education publishes earnings for none of them, so the figures below are what the occupation itself pays.

What this work pays in Washington

Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers in Washington earn a median of $229,900 a year across 3,450 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in Washington
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers$136,5002,490
Commercial Pilots$117,730890
Air Traffic Controllers$162,570620
Airfield Operations Specialists$84,050150
Flight Attendants$74,090

Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
Big Bend Community College Moses Lake Associate's degree not published 27
Clover Park Technical College Lakewood Undergraduate certificate not published 32
Clover Park Technical College Lakewood Associate's degree not published 6
Green River College Auburn Undergraduate certificate not published 4
Green River College Auburn Associate's degree not published 26
Highline College Des Moines Undergraduate certificate not published
Walla Walla University College Place Associate's degree not published 0

A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.

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Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.