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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

717,424

262,233

979,657

National

33,509

6,753

40,262

Large Regional

1,548

1,623

Medium Regional

159

219

GRAND TOTAL

752,640

269,121

1,021,761

Carrier Group	Carrier Name	Full Time	Part Time	Total
Major	Alaska	18,053	2,190	20,243
	Allegiant Air	5,455	933	6,388
	American	95,921	12,376	108,297
	Atlas Air	4,489	66	4,555
	Delta	103,279	1,562	104,841
	Envoy Air	12,429	6,289	18,718
	Federal Express	240,555	211,518	452,073
	Frontier	7,888	52	7,940
	Hawaiian	6,573	823	7,396
	JetBlue	19,386	3,169	22,555
	Kalitta Air	3,158	22	3,180
	Polar Air Cargo	187	1	188
	Republic Airline	5,707	218	5,925
	SkyWest	12,722	1,748	14,470
	Southwest	72,259	2,555	74,814
	Spirit	11,357	403	11,760
	Sun Country Airlines	2,257	781	3,038
	USA Jet	168	0	168
	United	88,703	17,452	106,155
	United Parcel Service	6,878	75	6,953
	TOTAL	717,424	262,233	979,657
National	ABX Air Inc	626	9	635
	Air Transport International	1,251	0	1,251
	Air Wisconsin	970	60	1,030
	Aloha Air Cargo	434	88	522
	Amerijet International	803	0	803
	Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze	1,791	434	2,225
	CommuteAir dba CommuteAir	1,240	2	1,242
	Endeavor Air	4,462	76	4,538
	Global Crossing	581	104	685
	GoJet Airlines	984	0	984
	Horizon Air	2,527	880	3,407
	Jet Aviation Flight Services	901	0	901
	Lynden Air Cargo	214	1	215
	Mesa	1,760	8	1,768
	National Air Cargo Group Inc d/ba National	496	0	496
	Northern Air Cargo	1,002	18	1,020
	Omni Air International	1,092	2	1,094
	PSA	4,703	0	4,703
	Piedmont	5,701	4,762	10,463
	Scott Aviation	116	0	116
	Silver	543	114	657
	Sky Lease Cargo	228	63	291
	TEM Enterprises dba Avelo	782	132	914
	Western Global	302	0	302
	TOTAL	33,509	6,753	40,262
Large Regional	21 Air	201	0	201
	Asia Pacific	89	2	91
	Caribbean Sun Airlines	199	41	240
	Eastern	234	0	234
	Eastern Air Express (EAX)	220	0	220
	Gulf And Caribbean Cargo	142	0	142
	Kalitta Charters II	162	0	162
	Tatonduk Outfitters Limited	301	32	333
	TOTAL	1,548	75	1,623
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	34	0	34
	TOTAL	159	60	219
	GRAND TOTAL	752,640	269,121	1,021,761

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