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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	715,965	265,208	981,173
National	32,260	6,914	39,174
Large Regional	1,656	113	1,769
Medium Regional	54	45	99
GRAND TOTAL	749,935	272,280	1,022,215

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Carrier Group	Carrier Name	Full Time	Part Time	Total
Major	Alaska	18,965	2,329	21,294
	Allegiant Air	5,448	1,035	6,483
	American	97,389	11,945	109,334
	Atlas Air	4,329	60	4,389
	Delta	103,438	2,768	106,206
	Envoy Air	12,812	6,717	19,529
	Federal Express	234,808	212,145	446,953
	Frontier	7,668	48	7,716
	Hawaiian	6,692	641	7,333
	JetBlue	18,882	3,115	21,997
	Kalitta Air	3,311	21	3,332
	Polar Air Cargo	23	1	24
	Republic Airline	6,167	244	6,411
	SkyWest	13,238	1,870	15,108
	Southwest	70,920	2,565	73,485
	Spirit	10,023	358	10,381
	Sun Country Airlines	2,340	951	3,291
	USA Jet	153	1	154
	United	92,328	18,328	110,656
	United Parcel Service	7,031	66	7,097
	TOTAL	715,965	265,208	981,173
National	ABX Air Inc	646	6	652
	Air Transport International	1,222	0	1,222
	Air Wisconsin	246	22	268
	Aloha Air Cargo	403	70	473
	Amerijet International	791	0	791
	Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze	1,825	619	2,444
	CommuteAir dba CommuteAir	1,189	3	1,192
	Endeavor Air	4,736	80	4,816
	Global Crossing	664	64	728
	GoJet Airlines	1,174	0	1,174
	Horizon Air	2,683	1,057	3,740
	Jet Aviation Flight Services	913	0	913
	Lynden Air Cargo	210	0	210
	Mesa	1,587	5	1,592
	National Air Cargo Group Inc d/ba National	554	0	554
	Northern Air Cargo	284	4	288
	Omni Air International	932	2	934
	PSA	5,007	0	5,007
	Piedmont	5,794	4,841	10,635
	Scott Aviation	111	0	111
	Sky Lease Cargo	145	11	156
	TEM Enterprises dba Avelo	840	130	970
	Western Global	304	0	304
	TOTAL	32,260	6,914	39,174
Large Regional	21 Air	266	0	266
	Asia Pacific	89	1	90
	Caribbean Sun Airlines	174	56	230
	Eastern	181	0	181
	Eastern Air Express (EAX)	296	0	296
	Gulf And Caribbean Cargo	139	0	139
	KaiserAir	39	29	68
	Kalitta Charters II	169	0	169
	Tatonduk Outfitters Limited	303	27	330
	TOTAL	1,656	113	1,769
Medium Regional	Polaris Aviation Solutions	38	15	53
	Sierra Pacific	16	30	46
	TOTAL	54	45	99
	GRAND TOTAL	749,935	272,280	1,022,215

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