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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.

Carrier Group

Full Time

Part Time

Total

Major

713,415

254,219

967,634

National

32,959

6,734

39,693

Large Regional

1,554

1,622

Medium Regional

126

192

GRAND TOTAL

748,054

261,087

1,009,141

Carrier Group	Carrier Name	Full Time	Part Time	Total
Major	Alaska	18,145	2,155	20,300
	Allegiant Air	5,511	947	6,458
	American	94,936	12,216	107,152
	Atlas Air	4,399	64	4,463
	Delta	102,202	2,185	104,387
	Envoy Air	12,435	6,435	18,870
	Federal Express	237,947	202,724	440,671
	Frontier	7,885	51	7,936
	Hawaiian	6,518	834	7,352
	JetBlue	19,384	3,119	22,503
	Kalitta Air	3,282	24	3,306
	Polar Air Cargo	186	1	187
	Republic Airline	5,882	234	6,116
	SkyWest	12,891	1,776	14,667
	Southwest	71,331	2,556	73,887
	Spirit	11,056	415	11,471
	Sun Country Airlines	2,338	813	3,151
	USA Jet	167	0	167
	United	89,976	17,604	107,580
	United Parcel Service	6,944	66	7,010
	TOTAL	713,415	254,219	967,634
National	ABX Air Inc	604	7	611
	Air Transport International	1,240	0	1,240
	Air Wisconsin	916	56	972
	Aloha Air Cargo	436	86	522
	Amerijet International	799	0	799
	Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze	1,738	424	2,162
	CommuteAir dba CommuteAir	1,260	3	1,263
	Endeavor Air	4,467	70	4,537
	Global Crossing	613	73	686
	GoJet Airlines	1,000	0	1,000
	Horizon Air	2,513	916	3,429
	Jet Aviation Flight Services	906	0	906
	Lynden Air Cargo	214	0	214
	Mesa	1,682	8	1,690
	National Air Cargo Group Inc d/ba National	522	0	522
	Northern Air Cargo	543	17	560
	Omni Air International	1,039	2	1,041
	PSA	4,742	0	4,742
	Piedmont	5,776	4,786	10,562
	Scott Aviation	118	0	118
	Silver	514	96	610
	Sky Lease Cargo	240	63	303
	TEM Enterprises dba Avelo	779	126	905
	Western Global	298	1	299
	TOTAL	32,959	6,734	39,693
Large Regional	21 Air	224	0	224
	Asia Pacific	90	2	92
	Caribbean Sun Airlines	194	33	227
	Eastern	185	0	185
	Eastern Air Express (EAX)	253	0	253
	Gulf And Caribbean Cargo	147	0	147
	Kalitta Charters II	157	0	157
	Tatonduk Outfitters Limited	304	33	337
	TOTAL	1,554	68	1,622
Medium Regional	Ameristar Air Cargo	36	0	36
	KaiserAir	39	29	68
	Polaris Aviation Solutions	37	15	52
	Sierra Pacific	14	22	36
	TOTAL	126	66	192
	GRAND TOTAL	748,054	261,087	1,009,141

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