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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	714,138	247,154	961,292
National	31,795	6,546	38,341
Large Regional	1,509	78	1,587
Medium Regional	162	70	232
GRAND TOTAL	747,604	253,848	1,001,452

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Carrier Group	Carrier Name	Full Time	Part Time	Total
Major	Alaska	18,077	2,143	20,220
	Allegiant Air	5,426	938	6,364
	American	95,149	12,131	107,280
	Atlas Air	4,551	75	4,626
	Delta	102,943	2,247	105,190
	Envoy Air	12,461	6,112	18,573
	Federal Express	238,534	196,671	435,205
	Frontier	8,037	55	8,092
	Hawaiian	6,595	825	7,420
	JetBlue	19,384	3,312	22,696
	Kalitta Air	3,068	27	3,095
	Polar Air Cargo	190	1	191
	Republic Airline	5,625	224	5,849
	SkyWest	12,548	1,701	14,249
	Southwest	72,299	2,311	74,610
	Spirit	11,825	435	12,260
	Sun Country Airlines	2,204	748	2,952
	USA Jet	170	0	170
	United	88,297	17,119	105,416
	United Parcel Service	6,755	79	6,834
	TOTAL	714,138	247,154	961,292
National	ABX Air Inc	624	8	632
	Air Transport International	1,254	0	1,254
	Air Wisconsin	958	63	1,021
	Amerijet International	790	0	790
	Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze	1,728	375	2,103
	CommuteAir dba CommuteAir	1,202	5	1,207
	Endeavor Air	4,509	81	4,590
	Global Crossing	578	104	682
	GoJet Airlines	947	0	947
	Horizon Air	2,522	852	3,374
	Jet Aviation Flight Services	911	0	911
	Lynden Air Cargo	215	1	216
	Mesa	1,839	12	1,851
	National Air Cargo Group Inc d/ba National	475	0	475
	Omni Air International	1,112	2	1,114
	PSA	4,668	0	4,668
	Piedmont	5,562	4,740	10,302
	Scott Aviation	113	0	113
	Silver	534	128	662
	Sky Lease Cargo	224	61	285
	TEM Enterprises dba Avelo	745	114	859
	Western Global	285	0	285
	TOTAL	31,795	6,546	38,341
Large Regional	21 Air	176	0	176
	Asia Pacific	92	2	94
	Caribbean Sun Airlines	221	42	263
	Eastern	228	0	228
	Gulf And Caribbean Cargo	139	0	139
	Hillwood	184	0	184
	Kalitta Charters II	164	0	164
	Tatonduk Outfitters Limited	305	34	339
	TOTAL	1,509	78	1,587
Medium Regional	Ameristar Air Cargo	34	0	34
	KaiserAir	39	29	68
	Polaris Aviation Solutions	36	15	51
	Sierra Pacific	16	24	40
	Western Air Charter	37	2	39
	TOTAL	162	70	232
	GRAND TOTAL	747,604	253,848	1,001,452

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