US employers have 90 open postings for drone operators – people who fly, test, monitor and handle drones, according to RobotTraining.jobs’ daily read of employers’ own job boards on 2 November, down from 96 in October. The roles span 17 states, led by Texas (24) and California (19).
Three employers are new since last month. CHAOS Industries is hiring a UAS pilot and mission operator in El Segundo at $130,000 to $180,000 a year, Performance Drone Works an sUAS pilot in Huntsville and an sUAS trainer, and an aerospace engineering firm near Denver is recruiting Part 107 pilots who are US citizens for in-person flight testing, through RobotTraining.jobs. Skydio and Pyka no longer list open flight roles.
Amazon Prime Air is still the largest hirer, with 59 postings in 14 states (68 in October): 42 ground handlers, most at $27 an hour, and 17 flight monitors, most at $35. It added roles in Pooler (Georgia), Memphis, Rochester (New York), Rossford (Ohio) and Ruskin (Florida).
The best-paid hourly roles are Anduril’s flight test operator in Fort Stockton, Texas ($42.31 to $56.25), Shield AI’s UAS flight test operator in San Diego ($35.60 to $54.30) and Zipline’s flight test operator in Half Moon Bay ($37 to $45). 77 of the 90 postings state pay; the median hourly midpoint is $27.
49 of the open roles require the FAA Part 107 certificate, against 182,947 remote pilots with a US address on the FAA register.
Here is an overview of the main companies hiring operators at the moment:
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And here are the details of the jobs currently on offer:
Please note that this list is ‘live’ and automatically updated daily, so that whenever you read this post, the list is up-to-date.
UAS VISION has partnered with a leading job offer website that has a section dedicated to drone operator jobs. RobotTraining.jobs reads the job boards of drone, robotics and self-driving employers every day and lists every open drone operator job it finds, with the pay each employer posts.
Source: RobotTraining.jobs