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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

715,675

255,736

971,411

National

32,474

6,961

39,435

Large Regional

1,612

1,702

Medium Regional

120

GRAND TOTAL

749,849

262,819

1,012,668

Carrier Group	Carrier Name	Full Time	Part Time	Total
Major	Alaska	18,649	2,160	20,809
	Allegiant Air	5,524	1,057	6,581
	American	96,489	12,305	108,794
	Atlas Air	4,389	61	4,450
	Delta	104,052	1,442	105,494
	Envoy Air	12,477	6,610	19,087
	Federal Express	236,699	204,271	440,970
	Frontier	7,844	52	7,896
	Hawaiian	6,641	788	7,429
	JetBlue	19,088	3,113	22,201
	Kalitta Air	3,351	25	3,376
	Polar Air Cargo	163	1	164
	Republic Airline	6,051	230	6,281
	SkyWest	12,883	1,823	14,706
	Southwest	70,305	2,536	72,841
	Spirit	10,199	374	10,573
	Sun Country Airlines	2,286	833	3,119
	USA Jet	161	1	162
	United	91,460	17,991	109,451
	United Parcel Service	6,964	63	7,027
	TOTAL	715,675	255,736	971,411
National	ABX Air Inc	626	6	632
	Air Transport International	1,243	0	1,243
	Air Wisconsin	571	35	606
	Aloha Air Cargo	400	80	480
	Amerijet International	780	0	780
	Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze	1,760	563	2,323
	CommuteAir dba CommuteAir	1,278	3	1,281
	Endeavor Air	4,556	67	4,623
	Global Crossing	661	68	729
	GoJet Airlines	1,059	0	1,059
	Horizon Air	2,581	995	3,576
	Jet Aviation Flight Services	908	0	908
	Lynden Air Cargo	212	0	212
	Mesa	1,601	5	1,606
	National Air Cargo Group Inc d/ba National	529	0	529
	Northern Air Cargo	325	5	330
	Omni Air International	1,020	2	1,022
	PSA	4,843	0	4,843
	Piedmont	5,761	4,855	10,616
	Scott Aviation	123	0	123
	Silver	387	126	513
	Sky Lease Cargo	152	5	157
	TEM Enterprises dba Avelo	795	146	941
	Western Global	303	0	303
	TOTAL	32,474	6,961	39,435
Large Regional	21 Air	245	0	245
	Asia Pacific	89	1	90
	Caribbean Sun Airlines	180	23	203
	Eastern	175	0	175
	Eastern Air Express (EAX)	273	0	273
	Gulf And Caribbean Cargo	144	0	144
	KaiserAir	39	29	68
	Kalitta Charters II	161	0	161
	Tatonduk Outfitters Limited	306	37	343
	TOTAL	1,612	90	1,702
Medium Regional	Ameristar Air Cargo	34	0	34
	Polaris Aviation Solutions	38	15	53
	Sierra Pacific	16	17	33
	TOTAL	88	32	120
	GRAND TOTAL	749,849	262,819	1,012,668

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