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Canadian Business Aviation Salaries Show Upward Trend
By: Amy Wilder
Caption: Presentation of survey results at 2025 CBAA to include base salary and workforce trends
Word Count: 194
Canadian business aviation salaries are rose between 10% and 22% in the past two years, according to a Canadian Business Aviation Association (CBAA) survey being formally released this week at the group's annual convention. Ninety business aviation companies in Canada participated in the 2024 survey; the last such CBAA survey was conducted in 2022.
According to the results, flight crew salaries increased between 12% and 22%, while management salaries increased 10% to 12% during the two-year period, depending on industry. Meanwhile, administration and sales salaries remained flat.
CBAA conducted the survey in partnership with consulting firm InterVistas. Key findings indicate that management salaries average roughly $153,000 for corporate firms and $125,000 for maintenance and manufacturing firms; flight crew salaries average roughly $147,000 and $129,000, respectively.
It also noted that, on average, corporate flight departments pay 8% more than airline and charter companies, and 13% more than manufacturing and maintenance employers. During the report period, the consumer price index in Canada rose 3.9% on average in 2023, and 2.4% in 2024. 
Factors driving the shifts include ongoing labor shortages and the need to compete for skilled labor, evolving job mixes and seniority levels, and different qualification standards among survey respondents.