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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	714,713	252,594	967,307
National	32,887	6,932	39,819
Large Regional	1,603	94	1,697
Medium Regional	89	37	126
GRAND TOTAL	749,292	259,657	1,008,949

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Carrier Group	Carrier Name	Full Time	Part Time	Total
Major	Alaska	18,433	2,173	20,606
	Allegiant Air	5,552	1,010	6,562
	American	96,491	12,263	108,754
	Atlas Air	4,394	62	4,456
	Delta	103,343	1,944	105,287
	Envoy Air	12,420	6,505	18,925
	Federal Express	236,655	200,870	437,525
	Frontier	7,879	54	7,933
	Hawaiian	6,573	793	7,366
	JetBlue	19,231	3,144	22,375
	Kalitta Air	3,349	23	3,372
	Polar Air Cargo	180	1	181
	Republic Airline	6,024	239	6,263
	SkyWest	12,922	1,794	14,716
	Southwest	70,223	2,565	72,788
	Spirit	10,629	389	11,018
	Sun Country Airlines	2,288	836	3,124
	USA Jet	166	0	166
	United	91,009	17,863	108,872
	United Parcel Service	6,952	66	7,018
	TOTAL	714,713	252,594	967,307
National	ABX Air Inc	623	6	629
	Air Transport International	1,241	0	1,241
	Air Wisconsin	833	57	890
	Aloha Air Cargo	448	85	533
	Amerijet International	779	0	779
	Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze	1,749	520	2,269
	CommuteAir dba CommuteAir	1,261	4	1,265
	Endeavor Air	4,564	69	4,633
	Global Crossing	624	68	692
	GoJet Airlines	1,059	0	1,059
	Horizon Air	2,561	965	3,526
	Jet Aviation Flight Services	908	0	908
	Lynden Air Cargo	209	0	209
	Mesa	1,597	5	1,602
	National Air Cargo Group Inc d/ba National	539	0	539
	Northern Air Cargo	525	19	544
	Omni Air International	1,022	2	1,024
	PSA	4,823	0	4,823
	Piedmont	5,803	4,830	10,633
	Silver	404	136	540
	Sky Lease Cargo	217	21	238
	TEM Enterprises dba Avelo	795	145	940
	Western Global	303	0	303
	TOTAL	32,887	6,932	39,819
Large Regional	21 Air	234	0	234
	Asia Pacific	89	1	90
	Caribbean Sun Airlines	189	27	216
	Eastern	178	0	178
	Eastern Air Express (EAX)	263	0	263
	Gulf And Caribbean Cargo	143	0	143
	KaiserAir	39	29	68
	Kalitta Charters II	164	0	164
	Tatonduk Outfitters Limited	304	37	341
	TOTAL	1,603	94	1,697
Medium Regional	Ameristar Air Cargo	35	0	35
	Polaris Aviation Solutions	38	15	53
	Sierra Pacific	16	22	38
	TOTAL	89	37	126
	GRAND TOTAL	749,292	259,657	1,008,949

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