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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

716,250

253,613

969,863

National

33,405

6,681

40,086

Large Regional

1,565

1,641

Medium Regional

161

222

GRAND TOTAL

751,381

260,431

1,011,812

Carrier Group	Carrier Name	Full Time	Part Time	Total
Major	Alaska	18,060	2,171	20,231
	Allegiant Air	5,382	889	6,271
	American	95,044	12,247	107,291
	Atlas Air	4,512	72	4,584
	Delta	103,249	1,443	104,692
	Envoy Air	12,433	6,206	18,639
	Federal Express	240,331	203,435	443,766
	Frontier	7,984	53	8,037
	Hawaiian	6,588	822	7,410
	JetBlue	19,288	3,292	22,580
	Kalitta Air	3,125	22	3,147
	Polar Air Cargo	190	1	191
	Republic Airline	5,707	218	5,925
	SkyWest	12,643	1,731	14,374
	Southwest	72,276	2,374	74,650
	Spirit	11,772	411	12,183
	Sun Country Airlines	2,206	759	2,965
	USA Jet	169	0	169
	United	88,473	17,391	105,864
	United Parcel Service	6,818	76	6,894
	TOTAL	716,250	253,613	969,863
National	ABX Air Inc	625	8	633
	Air Transport International	1,251	0	1,251
	Air Wisconsin	972	61	1,033
	Aloha Air Cargo	448	83	531
	Amerijet International	790	0	790
	Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze	1,739	395	2,134
	CommuteAir dba CommuteAir	1,230	3	1,233
	Endeavor Air	4,485	78	4,563
	Global Crossing	581	104	685
	GoJet Airlines	970	0	970
	Horizon Air	2,534	865	3,399
	Jet Aviation Flight Services	905	0	905
	Lynden Air Cargo	214	1	215
	Mesa	1,802	9	1,811
	National Air Cargo Group Inc d/ba National	484	0	484
	Northern Air Cargo	1,015	19	1,034
	Omni Air International	1,105	2	1,107
	PSA	4,682	0	4,682
	Piedmont	5,667	4,754	10,421
	Scott Aviation	121	0	121
	Silver	529	125	654
	Sky Lease Cargo	221	63	284
	TEM Enterprises dba Avelo	747	111	858
	Western Global	288	0	288
	TOTAL	33,405	6,681	40,086
Large Regional	21 Air	194	0	194
	Asia Pacific	91	2	93
	Caribbean Sun Airlines	212	43	255
	Eastern	235	0	235
	Eastern Air Express (EAX)	230	0	230
	Gulf And Caribbean Cargo	138	0	138
	Kalitta Charters II	160	0	160
	Tatonduk Outfitters Limited	305	31	336
	TOTAL	1,565	76	1,641
Medium Regional	Ameristar Air Cargo	34	0	34
	KaiserAir	39	29	68
	Polaris Aviation Solutions	36	15	51
	Sierra Pacific	16	16	32
	Western Air Charter	36	1	37
	TOTAL	161	61	222
	GRAND TOTAL	751,381	260,431	1,011,812

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