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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	713,211	249,788	962,999
National	33,037	6,869	39,906
Large Regional	1,556	65	1,621
Medium Regional	126	66	192
GRAND TOTAL	747,930	256,788	1,004,718

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Carrier Group	Carrier Name	Full Time	Part Time	Total
Major	Alaska	18,256	2,152	20,408
	Allegiant Air	5,569	1,005	6,574
	American	95,085	12,191	107,276
	Atlas Air	4,420	64	4,484
	Delta	102,648	2,053	104,701
	Envoy Air	12,467	6,471	18,938
	Federal Express	237,545	198,396	435,941
	Frontier	7,889	52	7,941
	Hawaiian	6,543	819	7,362
	JetBlue	19,302	3,156	22,458
	Kalitta Air	3,324	22	3,346
	Polar Air Cargo	186	1	187
	Republic Airline	5,973	230	6,203
	SkyWest	12,899	1,777	14,676
	Southwest	70,369	2,521	72,890
	Spirit	10,916	388	11,304
	Sun Country Airlines	2,314	807	3,121
	USA Jet	171	0	171
	United	90,398	17,615	108,013
	United Parcel Service	6,937	68	7,005
	TOTAL	713,211	249,788	962,999
National	ABX Air Inc	604	7	611
	Air Transport International	1,237	0	1,237
	Air Wisconsin	892	57	949
	Aloha Air Cargo	449	83	532
	Amerijet International	794	0	794
	Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze	1,735	462	2,197
	CommuteAir dba CommuteAir	1,273	3	1,276
	Endeavor Air	4,533	70	4,603
	Global Crossing	615	67	682
	GoJet Airlines	1,029	0	1,029
	Horizon Air	2,498	945	3,443
	Jet Aviation Flight Services	904	0	904
	Lynden Air Cargo	212	0	212
	Mesa	1,634	5	1,639
	National Air Cargo Group Inc d/ba National	531	0	531
	Northern Air Cargo	554	17	571
	Omni Air International	1,015	2	1,017
	PSA	4,774	0	4,774
	Piedmont	5,828	4,843	10,671
	Scott Aviation	122	0	122
	Silver	494	100	594
	Sky Lease Cargo	221	59	280
	TEM Enterprises dba Avelo	788	148	936
	Western Global	301	1	302
	TOTAL	33,037	6,869	39,906
Large Regional	21 Air	227	0	227
	Asia Pacific	90	2	92
	Caribbean Sun Airlines	197	29	226
	Eastern	180	0	180
	Eastern Air Express (EAX)	253	0	253
	Gulf And Caribbean Cargo	147	0	147
	Kalitta Charters II	160	0	160
	Tatonduk Outfitters Limited	302	34	336
	TOTAL	1,556	65	1,621
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	747,930	256,788	1,004,718

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