| 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 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | ||
| 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 | 21,589 | 18,666 | 19,279 | 32,372 | 32,143 | 32,191 | 31,148 | 31,307 | 24,678 | |
| 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 | 26,493 | 26,446 | 26,627 | 27,388 | 27,511 | 27,784 | 28,152 | 28,407 | 20,776 | |
| 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 | 9,263 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| United | 26,066 | 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 | 42,263 | 43,700 | 40,825 | 39,591 | 41,841 | 37,697 | 39,249 | 41,347 | 34,271 | |
| US Airways | 15,061 | 14,501 | 14,532 | 14,226 | 14,333 | 15,094 | 12,157 | 11,632 | 9,616 | 10,449 | 8,404 | 7,309 | 13,555 | 12,331 | 11,173 | 10,738 | 10,530 | 10,389 | 10,571 | 11,101 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| America West | 3,120 | 4,029 | 4,204 | 4,560 | 4,780 | 4,874 | 4,173 | 4,404 | 4,724 | 5,251 | 3,843 | 4,113 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| --sub Network | 131,705 | 131,773 | 129,808 | 135,288 | 138,252 | 141,008 | 133,524 | 133,523 | 114,419 | 119,141 | 109,945 | 104,765 | 107,363 | 102,011 | 94,744 | 92,739 | 93,997 | 100,734 | 99,383 | 97,832 | 99,351 | 101,495 | 97,672 | 98,549 | 101,061 | 79,725 | |
| 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 | 14,504 | 13,985 | 14,855 | 18,049 | 16,938 | 18,158 | 19,246 | 20,414 | 22,429 | 22,250 | 22,736 | 19,032 | |
| 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 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| jetBlue | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1,086 | 1,465 | 1,854 | 2,394 | 2,918 | 3,704 | 3,976 | 4,200 | 4,513 | 4,911 | 4,933 | 5,098 | 5,153 | 5,312 | 5,817 | 6,110 | 6,574 | 6,639 | 6,664 | 4,734 | |
| Alaska | 3,203 | 3,575 | 3,988 | 4,146 | 4,433 | 4,548 | 4,768 | 4,793 | 4,533 | 4,003 | 3,867 | 3,415 | 3,547 | 3,627 | 3,387 | 3,061 | 2,874 | 2,900 | 2,886 | 3,122 | 3,509 | 3,631 | 4,284 | 4,952 | 4,945 | 4,444 | |
| Virgin America | 2,672 | 2,673 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 26 | 413 | 452 | 525 | 547 | 582 | 632 | 651 | 693 | 775 | - | - | - | |
| 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 | 2,064 | 2,154 | 2,217 | 2,223 | 2,534 | 2,749 | 3,036 | 2,944 | 1,599 | |
| --sub Hybrid | 17,635 | 20,242 | 19,301 | 5,970 | 21,058 | 22,663 | 24,617 | 26,462 | 26,927 | 25,182 | 24,654 | 25,607 | 26,819 | 26,068 | 27,387 | 27,007 | 27,906 | 28,658 | 27,713 | 29,441 | 31,446 | 33,382 | 36,811 | 36,877 | 37,289 | 29,809 | |
| Allegiant | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 62 | 177 | 185 | 303 | 391 | 428 | 480 | 421 | 298 | 289 | 355 | 290 | 315 | 327 | 357 | 560 | 582 | 551 | |
| 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 | 1,890 | 1,243 | 1,570 | 1,393 | 1,684 | 1,914 | 2,245 | 2,693 | 2,702 | |
| Spirit | 86 | 108 | 16 | - | 24 | 743 | 776 | 1,026 | 1,088 | 959 | 771 | 671 | 601 | 589 | 538 | 663 | 547 | 609 | 414 | 484 | 307 | 302 | 351 | 335 | 370 | 404 | |
| -- sub ULCC | 190 | 251 | 222 | 387 | 663 | 1,327 | 1,738 | 1,992 | 2,508 | 2,847 | 2,544 | 2,706 | 3,578 | 3,726 | 3,582 | 2,761 | 2,515 | 2,788 | 2,012 | 2,344 | 2,015 | 2,313 | 2,622 | 3,140 | 3,645 | 3,657 | |
| Total All Sectors | 149,530 | 152,266 | 149,331 | 141,645 | 159,973 | 164,998 | 159,879 | 161,977 | 143,854 | 147,170 | 137,143 | 133,078 | 137,760 | 131,805 | 125,713 | 122,507 | 124,418 | 132,180 | 129,108 | 129,617 | 132,812 | 137,190 | 137,105 | 138,566 | 141,995 | 113,191 | |
| Note: Shaded data means data appear questionable. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data Source: US DOT Form 41 via BTS, Schedule P10. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||