Average Annual Wages and Salaries - FLIGHT ATTENDANT PERSONNEL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NO ADJUSTMENTS MADE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |||
American | $ 29,036 | $ 30,482 | $ 34,908 | $ 37,377 | $ 32,572 | $ 34,288 | $ 35,071 | $ 42,242 | $ 47,851 | $ 45,893 | $ 46,191 | $ 46,191 | $ 47,249 | $ 49,776 | $ 50,933 | $ 50,510 | $ 51,197 | $ 51,383 | $ 51,628 | $ 49,692 | $ 55,201 | $ 58,252 | $ 62,366 | $ 65,188 | ||
Continental | $ 27,203 | $ 31,440 | $ 34,292 | $ 34,643 | $ 35,956 | $ 41,981 | $ 40,694 | $ 40,162 | $ 40,050 | $ 44,312 | $ 43,870 | $ 41,932 | $ 43,055 | $ 49,061 | $ 51,201 | $ 56,085 | $ 59,514 | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | ||
Delta | $ 29,954 | $ 35,736 | $ 34,952 | $ 35,087 | $ 38,127 | $ 19,519 | $ 40,482 | $ 42,158 | $ 45,441 | $ 45,333 | $ 40,037 | $ 37,039 | $ 36,931 | $ 37,038 | $ 39,593 | $ 39,638 | $ 40,475 | $ 44,156 | $ 47,832 | $ 48,149 | $ 49,356 | $ 54,155 | $ 58,341 | $ 59,053 | ||
Northwest | $ 30,899 | $ 30,091 | $ 29,642 | $ 30,714 | $ 32,406 | $ 31,951 | $ 34,218 | $ 37,331 | $ 42,425 | $ 43,184 | $ 42,329 | $ 33,747 | $ 35,674 | $ 35,938 | $ 38,443 | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | ||
United | $ 43,496 | $ 46,528 | $ 60,664 | $ 33,258 | $ 31,307 | $ 35,604 | $ 32,958 | $ 44,188 | $ 34,003 | $ 39,314 | $ 35,268 | $ 36,180 | $ 35,811 | $ 40,139 | $ 40,559 | $ 40,373 | $ 37,888 | $ 46,170 | $ 46,946 | $ 47,927 | $ 47,096 | $ 46,483 | $ 62,461 | $ 66,252 | ||
US Airways | $ 34,935 | $ 36,663 | $ 35,889 | $ 36,430 | $ 35,872 | $ 34,727 | $ 49,576 | $ 37,772 | $ 36,874 | $ 37,110 | $ 38,519 | $ 32,241 | $ 37,364 | $ 39,716 | $ 40,858 | $ 40,442 | $ 40,241 | $ 37,363 | $ 40,809 | $ 42,705 | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | ||
America West | $ 19,855 | $ 20,286 | $ 20,070 | $ 19,590 | $ 17,735 | $ 28,998 | $ 24,328 | $ 25,812 | $ 26,911 | $ 25,947 | $ 26,851 | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | ||
--sub Network | $ 32,556 | $ 35,204 | $ 37,964 | $ 34,238 | $ 33,382 | $ 32,175 | $ 36,818 | $ 41,060 | $ 41,220 | $ 42,392 | $ 40,665 | $ 38,857 | $ 39,969 | $ 42,671 | $ 44,196 | $ 44,799 | $ 45,120 | $ 45,856 | $ 47,574 | $ 47,802 | $ 50,774 | $ 53,042 | $ 61,157 | $ 63,632 | ||
Southwest | $ 27,101 | $ 27,024 | $ 27,920 | $ - | $ 27,550 | $ 30,745 | $ 30,514 | $ 31,447 | $ 36,537 | $ 40,720 | $ 42,045 | $ 44,564 | $ 49,365 | $ 53,027 | $ 46,539 | $ 52,110 | $ 54,120 | $ 53,787 | $ 56,716 | $ 63,617 | $ 61,796 | $ 59,831 | $ 60,389 | $ 60,292 | ||
jetBlue | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ 21,987 | $ 26,468 | $ 27,043 | $ 28,494 | $ 29,120 | $ 30,916 | $ 33,129 | $ 33,014 | $ 33,787 | $ 37,248 | $ 37,987 | $ 37,591 | $ 41,203 | $ 42,441 | $ 44,948 | $ 41,765 | $ 44,844 | $ 49,246 | ||
AirTran | $ - | $ - | $ 56,152 | $ 20,122 | $ 17,580 | $ 14,840 | $ 17,882 | $ 18,509 | $ 20,399 | $ 22,710 | $ 24,879 | $ 26,244 | $ 27,388 | $ 29,706 | $ 30,463 | $ 31,816 | $ 32,088 | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | ||
Frontier | $ 30,583 | $ 23,754 | $ 65,199 | $ (0) | $ (0) | $ (967) | $ (5,184) | $ (5,562) | $ (6,475) | $ 10,169 | $ 24,189 | $ 28,256 | $ 29,273 | $ 31,217 | $ 29,400 | $ 18,270 | $ 19,105 | $ 19,651 | $ 28,233 | $ 20,710 | $ 122,963 | $ 151,017 | $ 523,310 | $ 208,171 | ||
Virgin America | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ 41,269 | $ 22,095 | $ 6,319,680 | $ 5,603,060 | $ 27,654 | $ 33,237 | $ 45,296 | $ 39,532 | $ 35,606 | $ 35,063 | $ - | ||
--sub LCC | $ 27,219 | $ 26,810 | $ 29,681 | $ 16,184 | $ 25,723 | $ 28,077 | $ 26,813 | $ 27,405 | $ 30,581 | $ 34,253 | $ 36,229 | $ 38,223 | $ 41,672 | $ 44,502 | $ 40,865 | $ 44,355 | $ 46,113 | $ 46,701 | $ 50,896 | $ 55,846 | $ 58,140 | $ 55,774 | $ 59,176 | $ 59,004 | ||
Alaska | $ 29,671 | $ 22,959 | $ 29,641 | $ 82,012 | $ 83,422 | $ 32,153 | $ 29,627 | $ 30,603 | $ 30,794 | $ 28,671 | $ 30,032 | $ 31,884 | $ 33,149 | $ 34,795 | $ 45,084 | $ 2,578,412 | $ 2,930,424 | $ 35,433 | $ 36,775 | $ 35,334 | $ 39,330 | $ 44,545 | $ 39,262 | $ 40,753 | ||
Hawaiian | $ 26,998 | $ 27,892 | $ 29,712 | $ 30,118 | $ 494,416 | $ 27,313 | $ 45,074 | $ 47,306 | $ 46,761 | $ 38,288 | $ 47,495 | $ 37,972 | $ 38,614 | $ - | $ 44,169 | $ 47,010 | $ 47,089 | $ 46,671 | $ 46,426 | $ 49,062 | $ 50,355 | $ 51,766 | $ 55,283 | $ 55,049 | ||
Spirit | $ 44,186 | $ 28,135 | $ 50,553 | $ - | $ (1,594) | $ (1,249) | $ 19,981 | $ 18,557 | $ 24,004 | $ 21,286 | $ 22,068 | $ 24,316 | $ 23,512 | $ 18,112 | $ 26,990 | $ 23,146 | $ 1,149 | $ 21,821 | $ 25,789 | $ 27,466 | $ 24,376 | $ 30,829 | $ 27,366 | $ 27,453 | ||
Allegiant | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ 61,502 | $ 62,985 | $ 27,236 | $ 29,053 | $ 30,581 | $ 30,233 | $ 36,064 | $ 39,481 | $ 38,435 | $ 35,587 | $ 31,685 | $ 26,635 | $ 26,209 | $ 13,662 | $ 13,155 | ||
-- sub Other | $ 29,625 | $ 24,377 | $ 31,178 | $ 54,859 | $ 67,830 | $ 25,840 | $ 31,362 | $ 31,729 | $ 31,806 | $ 30,646 | $ 33,737 | $ 32,131 | $ 32,691 | $ 30,327 | $ 41,080 | $ 76,979 | $ 68,164 | $ 36,090 | $ 36,934 | $ 36,626 | $ 36,626 | $ 40,141 | $ 35,730 | $ 36,380 | ||
Total All Sectors | $ 32,247 | $ 34,402 | $ 37,317 | $ 34,349 | $ 33,272 | $ 31,739 | $ 35,924 | $ 39,510 | $ 39,752 | $ 40,940 | $ 39,800 | $ 38,449 | $ 39,847 | $ 42,428 | $ 43,422 | $ 45,618 | $ 46,032 | $ 45,329 | $ 47,360 | $ 48,324 | $ 50,826 | $ 52,371 | $ 58,008 | $ 59,267 | ||
Note: Shaded data means data appear questionable. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data Source: US DOT Form 41 via BTS, Schedule P5.2, P6 & P10. Average Wages = (Total Flight Personnel Wages (P6) - Total Pilot/Copilot Wages (P5.2)/ Total Flight Attendants (P10)) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||