Airship (Blimp) Pilot
Median salary, education path, job outlook, and related careers — based on U.S. labor data.
Median salary
$78,000/yr
Typical range
$58,000 – $105,000
Education
Associate degree
Time to entry
About 2 years
What a Airship (Blimp) Pilot does
Pilots lighter-than-air craft for advertising, surveillance, sports broadcasting, or scientific missions, managing ballast, gas valves, and weather conditions with a very small global community of certified operators.
Education & path
The typical entry point is a associate degree. About 2 years.
Estimated cost of that path: ~$7,500. Estimated payback: ~1 year. Estimates only — actual cost varies widely by school and financial aid; payback assumes ~20% of income applied.
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