How much does an Aerial Firefighter Pilot make?

As of Dec 12, 2022, the average annual pay for an Aerial Firefighter Pilot in the United States is $59,640 a year.

Just in case you need a simple salary calculator, that works out to be approximately $28.67 an hour. This is the equivalent of $1,146/week or $4,970/month.

While ZipRecruiter is seeing annual salaries as high as $136,000 and as low as $20,500, the majority of Aerial Firefighter Pilot salaries currently range between $38,500 (25th percentile) to $65,000 (75th percentile) with top earners (90th percentile) making $98,000 annually across the United States. The average pay range for an Aerial Firefighter Pilot varies greatly (by as much as $26,500), which suggests there may be many opportunities for advancement and increased pay based on skill level, location and years of experience.

I am sure it is more exciting than airline flying but at 1/3 to 1/4 of the pay.

They are probably using the minimum wage determination provided by the USFS et al. Or averaging when you thrrow in some of the low numbers being paid on the East Coast for police pilots etc who have a secondary fre fighting role. 

For any civilian pilot working fire contracts with USFS vendor companies you can expect anywhere from $60 to $120 k depending upon skill set, (most fire pilots are doing other utility in the winter months which then pushes the upper number even higher with flight pay).

did 180 days made 120k before taxes , came to 666.-  a day(I know , the devil is in Fire) at 12hrs a day thats about 55.- hr

Averaged 1300/day on type ones.