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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

718,573

253,317

971,890

National

31,307

6,740

38,047

Large Regional

1,651

1,736

Medium Regional

133

GRAND TOTAL

751,619

260,187

1,011,806

Carrier Group	Carrier Name	Full Time	Part Time	Total
Major	Alaska	18,760	2,176	20,936
	Allegiant Air	5,480	1,095	6,575
	American	97,390	12,046	109,436
	Atlas Air	4,366	61	4,427
	Delta	103,932	1,871	105,803
	Envoy Air	12,667	6,674	19,341
	Federal Express	236,706	201,634	438,340
	Frontier	7,787	52	7,839
	Hawaiian	6,624	795	7,419
	JetBlue	19,088	3,113	22,201
	Kalitta Air	3,341	23	3,364
	Polar Air Cargo	152	1	153
	Republic Airline	6,091	227	6,318
	SkyWest	12,962	1,827	14,789
	Southwest	70,506	2,433	72,939
	Spirit	11,135	378	11,513
	Sun Country Airlines	2,322	887	3,209
	USA Jet	158	1	159
	United	92,112	17,960	110,072
	United Parcel Service	6,994	63	7,057
	TOTAL	718,573	253,317	971,890
National	ABX Air Inc	633	6	639
	Air Transport International	1,230	0	1,230
	Air Wisconsin	338	25	363
	Aloha Air Cargo	404	76	480
	Amerijet International	791	0	791
	Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze	1,766	572	2,338
	CommuteAir dba CommuteAir	1,197	3	1,200
	Endeavor Air	4,612	67	4,679
	GoJet Airlines	1,103	0	1,103
	Horizon Air	2,668	1,008	3,676
	Jet Aviation Flight Services	908	0	908
	Lynden Air Cargo	212	0	212
	Mesa	1,587	5	1,592
	National Air Cargo Group Inc d/ba National	529	0	529
	Northern Air Cargo	326	5	331
	Omni Air International	968	2	970
	PSA	4,890	0	4,890
	Piedmont	5,754	4,825	10,579
	Scott Aviation	120	0	120
	Sky Lease Cargo	150	5	155
	TEM Enterprises dba Avelo	806	141	947
	Western Global	315	0	315
	TOTAL	31,307	6,740	38,047
Large Regional	21 Air	255	0	255
	Asia Pacific	90	1	91
	Caribbean Sun Airlines	194	20	214
	Eastern	174	0	174
	Eastern Air Express (EAX)	282	0	282
	Gulf And Caribbean Cargo	141	0	141
	KaiserAir	39	29	68
	Kalitta Charters II	167	0	167
	Tatonduk Outfitters Limited	309	35	344
	TOTAL	1,651	85	1,736
Medium Regional	Ameristar Air Cargo	34	0	34
	Polaris Aviation Solutions	38	15	53
	Sierra Pacific	16	30	46
	TOTAL	88	45	133
	GRAND TOTAL	751,619	260,187	1,011,806

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