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Search Airline Employment Data by Month

Airlines that operate at least one aircraft with the capacity to carry combined passengers, cargo and fuel of 18,000 pounds - the payload factor - must report monthly full-time and part-time employment statistics to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Use dropdowns below to select a month from January 1990 to the present.

Regulations require airlines to report employment numbers for employees who worked or received pay for any part of the pay period(s) ending nearest the 15th day of the month.

Other data pages:
Press Releases Scheduled Passenger Airlines full-time equivalent employee (FTE) levels
Database (Monthly numbers 1990-present)
Year-End Full-Time and Part-Time Airline Employment (1970-1989)
Annual Employee Statistics by Labor Category (1990-present) (Tables) (Searchable Database).
Group Definition
Major - Over $1 billion annual operating revenue
National - Over $100 million to $1 billion annual operating revenue
Large Regional - $20 million to $100 million annual operating revenue
Medium Regional - Less than $20 million annual operating revenue

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Note: Starting June 2024, FedEx Ground and FedEx Services merged with FedEx Express to form Federal Express Corporation. As a result of the merger, carrier FX has experienced a significant increase in employee count, increasing the total number of employees in the industry.

Recent Month Data    Dec-2024
Historical Scheduled Passenger Airline      Table3: Scheduled Passenger Airline Full-time Equivalent Employees
    

Carrier GroupFull TimePart TimeTotal
Major 715,316257,636972,952
National 33,0276,73039,757
Large Regional 1,394331,427
Medium Regional 523789
GRAND TOTAL749,789264,4361,014,225

Download Grand Total (Historical data)
 

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Carrier GroupCarrier NameFull TimePart TimeTotal
Major Alaska18,1172,14320,260
Allegiant Air5,5169506,466
American95,32812,241107,569
Atlas Air4,459644,523
Delta102,2232,693104,916
Envoy Air12,4226,35018,772
Federal Express239,672205,965445,637
Frontier7,888507,938
Hawaiian6,5418217,362
JetBlue19,3383,10222,440
Kalitta Air3,214213,235
Polar Air Cargo1881189
Republic Airline5,8312166,047
SkyWest12,8761,73414,610
Southwest71,2062,48773,693
Spirit11,78740412,191
Sun Country Airlines2,3018403,141
USA Jet1650165
United89,30217,487106,789
United Parcel Service6,942677,009
TOTAL715,316257,636972,952
National ABX Air Inc6707677
Air Transport International1,25601,256
Air Wisconsin92657983
Aloha Air Cargo42886514
Amerijet International7960796
Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze1,7604322,192
CommuteAir dba CommuteAir1,25721,259
Endeavor Air4,459734,532
Global Crossing60078678
GoJet Airlines1,00701,007
Horizon Air2,4939073,400
Jet Aviation Flight Services9020902
Lynden Air Cargo2131214
Mesa1,725111,736
National Air Cargo Group Inc d/ba National5090509
Northern Air Cargo54718565
Omni Air International1,05321,055
PSA4,72304,723
Piedmont5,7264,75510,481
Scott Aviation 1180118
Silver534103637
Sky Lease Cargo23466300
TEM Enterprises dba Avelo796132928
Western Global2950295
TOTAL33,0276,73039,757
Large Regional 21 Air2170217
Asia Pacific90292
Eastern2260226
Eastern Air Express (EAX)2560256
Gulf And Caribbean Cargo1470147
Kalitta Charters II1540154
Tatonduk Outfitters Limited30431335
TOTAL1,394331,427
Medium Regional Polaris Aviation Solutions361551
Sierra Pacific162238
TOTAL523789
GRAND TOTAL749,789264,4361,014,225