US Airlines Add Jobs for 18th Consecutive Month of Growth

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Scheduled US airlines with passengers added 3398 full-time equivalents *(FTEs) in October for  the 18th consecutive month of job growth, the USDOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics said today as the Biden Administration economic recovery continued.

The 25 US scheduled passenger airlines reporting data for October 2022 employed 470,428 FTEs, 3398 FTEs (0.73%) more than in September 2022. October’s total number of scheduled passenger airline FTEs is 18,076, 4% above pre-pandemic October 2019. United led scheduled passenger carriers, adding 1472 employees; Southwest Airlines added 1107; and Delta added 488.

US cargo airlines employed 251,714 FTEs in October, up 656 FTEs (0.26%) from September. US cargo airlines have increased FTEs by 20,456 (8.85%) since pre-pandemic October 2019. FedEx, the leading air cargo employer, increased employment by 1062 jobs.

*US Airline Full-Time Equivalents (FTEs): BTS calculates FTEs by dividing the number of part-time employees by 2 and adding that figure to the number of full-time employees. The October industry-wide numbers include 670,696 full-time and 112,056 part-time workers for a total of 726,724.