| Total In-House Passenger, Cargo and Aircraft Handling Employee Equivalents | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | ||
| American | 32,304 | 32,208 | 32,490 | 31,700 | 34,093 | 35,066 | 33,750 | 35,362 | 30,345 | 26,976 | 26,340 | 26,014 | 25,887 | 25,046 | 24,002 | 23,246 | 23,237 | |
| Continental | 10,459 | 10,782 | 11,824 | 13,122 | 14,143 | 14,925 | 15,032 | 14,111 | 13,778 | 13,416 | 13,557 | 14,275 | 14,870 | 14,735 | 13,888 | 13,250 | 13,160 | |
| Delta | 26,658 | 23,354 | 27,512 | 29,681 | 31,127 | 31,260 | 30,447 | 19,711 | 17,760 | 17,279 | 16,507 | 14,792 | 15,957 | 15,627 | 15,369 | 24,992 | 26,147 | |
| Northwest | 18,037 | 19,088 | 19,289 | 20,147 | 20,627 | 20,842 | 20,359 | 18,645 | 17,309 | 16,656 | 15,204 | 12,956 | 12,008 | 11,749 | 9,377 | - | - | |
| United | 26,117 | 27,811 | 19,957 | 21,852 | 19,149 | 18,947 | 17,606 | 29,658 | 20,887 | 29,114 | 26,090 | 25,306 | 25,086 | 22,523 | 21,049 | 20,513 | 20,923 | |
| US Airways | 15,061 | 14,501 | 14,532 | 14,226 | 14,333 | 15,094 | 12,157 | 11,632 | 9,616 | 10,449 | 8,404 | 11,422 | 13,555 | 12,331 | 11,173 | 10,738 | 10,530 | |
| America West | 3,120 | 4,029 | 4,204 | 4,560 | 4,788 | 4,874 | 4,173 | 4,404 | 4,724 | 5,251 | 3,843 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| --sub Network | 131,756 | 131,773 | 129,808 | 135,288 | 138,260 | 141,008 | 133,524 | 133,523 | 114,419 | 119,141 | 109,945 | 104,765 | 107,363 | 102,011 | 94,858 | 92,739 | 93,997 | |
| Southwest | 11,083 | 13,190 | 14,392 | - | 15,082 | 15,458 | 16,070 | 17,266 | 17,220 | 15,310 | 14,368 | 14,524 | 14,973 | 15,228 | 14,342 | 13,985 | 14,855 | |
| jetBlue | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1,086 | 1,465 | 1,854 | 2,394 | 2,918 | 3,704 | 3,976 | 4,200 | 4,513 | 4,911 | 4,933 | |
| AirTran | - | - | 100 | 965 | 1,488 | 1,458 | 1,523 | 1,768 | 2,150 | 2,198 | 2,338 | 2,709 | 3,032 | 2,987 | 2,988 | 2,925 | 2,811 | |
| Frontier | 104 | 143 | 206 | 387 | 639 | 584 | 962 | 966 | 1,358 | 1,711 | 1,588 | 1,732 | 2,586 | 2,709 | 2,564 | 1,677 | 1,670 | |
| Virgin America | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 26 | 413 | 452 | 525 | |
| --sub LCC | 11,187 | 13,333 | 14,698 | 1,352 | 17,209 | 17,500 | 19,641 | 21,465 | 22,582 | 21,613 | 21,212 | 22,669 | 24,567 | 25,150 | 24,820 | 23,950 | 24,794 | |
| Alaska | 3,203 | 3,575 | 3,988 | 4,146 | 4,433 | 4,548 | 4,768 | 4,793 | 4,533 | 4,003 | 3,867 | 3,968 | 3,547 | 3,627 | 3,387 | 3,061 | 2,874 | |
| Hawaiian | 677 | 804 | 821 | 859 | 55 | 1,199 | 1,170 | 1,170 | 1,170 | 1,277 | 1,163 | 1,255 | 1,291 | - | 1,582 | 1,673 | 1,908 | |
| Allegiant | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 62 | 177 | 185 | 303 | 391 | 428 | 480 | 421 | 298 | |
| -- sub Other | 3,880 | 4,379 | 4,809 | 5,005 | 4,488 | 5,747 | 5,938 | 5,963 | 5,765 | 5,457 | 5,215 | 5,526 | 5,229 | 4,055 | 5,449 | 5,155 | 5,080 | |
| Total All Sectors | 146,823 | 149,485 | 149,315 | 141,645 | 159,957 | 164,255 | 159,103 | 160,951 | 142,766 | 146,211 | 136,372 | 132,960 | 137,159 | 131,216 | 125,127 | 121,844 | 123,871 | |
| Note: Shaded data means data appear questionable. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Data Source: US DOT Form 41 via BTS, Schedule P10. | ||||||||||||||||||