Airline Employment Data

Monthly employment figures for U.S. airlines from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

1,029,101

Total Employees

754,173

Full Time

274,928

Part Time

Carriers Reporting

53 carriers · 1,029,101 employeesData as of March 2026

	Group
Federal Express	Major	232,515	214,113	446,628
United	Major	95,425	18,917	114,342
American	Major	98,333	11,932	110,265
Delta	Major	104,072	2,116	106,188
Southwest	Major	71,797	3,208	75,005
Alaska	Major	19,963	2,408	22,371
JetBlue	Major	18,750	3,042	21,792
Envoy Air	Major	13,153	6,975	20,128
SkyWest	Major	14,054	1,993	16,047
Piedmont	National	5,872	4,522	10,394
Frontier	Major	8,174	48	8,222
Spirit	Major	7,768	293	8,061
United Parcel Service	Major	7,570	82	7,652
Hawaiian	Major	6,694	582	7,276
Republic Airline	Major	6,500	270	6,770
Allegiant Air	Major	5,236	860	6,096
PSA	National	5,114	0	5,114
Endeavor Air	National	5,012	61	5,073
Atlas Air	Major	4,215	48	4,263
Horizon Air	National	2,628	1,161	3,789
Sun Country Airlines	Major	2,324	952	3,276
Kalitta Air	Major	3,195	11	3,206
Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze	National	1,910	893	2,803
Mesa	National	1,568	2	1,570
GoJet Airlines	National	1,355	0	1,355
Air Transport International	National	1,198	0	1,198
CommuteAir dba CommuteAir	National	1,148	2	1,150
Jet Aviation Flight Services	National	941	0	941
Omni Air International	National	862	2	864
TEM Enterprises dba Avelo	National	687	138	825
Amerijet International	National	740	0	740
Global Crossing	National	650	31	681
ABX Air Inc	National	640	6	646
National Air Cargo Group Inc d/ba National	National	634	0	634
Aloha Air Cargo	National	343	61	404
Air Wisconsin	National	336	21	357
Eastern Air Express (EAX)	National	352	0	352
Tatonduk Outfitters Limited	Large Regional	302	22	324
21 Air	National	300	0	300
Northern Air Cargo	National	243	5	248
Caribbean Sun Airlines	Large Regional	165	67	232
Western Global	National	223	0	223
Eastern	Large Regional	211	0	211
Lynden Air Cargo	National	207	1	208
Kalitta Charters II	Large Regional	174	0	174
Sky Lease Cargo	National	144	14	158
USA Jet	Large Regional	151	1	152
Gulf And Caribbean Cargo	Large Regional	140	0	140
Asia Pacific	Large Regional	93	1	94
KaiserAir	Large Regional	39	29	68
Polaris Aviation Solutions	Medium Regional	35	10	45
Sierra Pacific	Medium Regional	16	28	44
Polar Air Cargo	Major	2	0	2
All Carriers Total		754,173	274,928	1,029,101

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Updated monthly. Historical data (1990–present) available in Google Sheets.

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