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BTS Airline Employment Data

U.S. Airline Employment

Monthly full-time, part-time and total airline employment history, searchable from January 1990 through December 1990.

Latest Employment
590,097
December 1990
Month-over-Month
+0.2%
Compared with previous month
Year-over-Year
N/A
Compared with same month one year earlier
Historical Peak
590,097
December 1990

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Airline Employment Profiles

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Federal Express (FX)

450,769 employees in May 2026

American (AA)

111,288 employees in May 2026

Delta (DL)

107,213 employees in May 2026

Southwest (WN)

75,436 employees in May 2026

Alaska (AS)

29,587 employees in May 2026

JetBlue (B6)

21,907 employees in May 2026

Envoy Air (MQ)

20,633 employees in May 2026

SkyWest (OO)

16,088 employees in May 2026

Piedmont (PT)

10,383 employees in May 2026

Frontier (F9)

8,312 employees in May 2026

United Parcel Service (5X)

7,599 employees in May 2026

Republic Airline (YX)

6,891 employees in May 2026

Data note: Employment figures are reported by U.S. airlines to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Carrier restructurings, mergers, name changes and reporting changes can affect historical comparisons.