Summary The US airline industry boasts the highest workforce in over 2 decades, with more than 1 million employees. Air transportation employees earn 39% more than average private sector workers. Globally, airlines are hiring workers across various departments as air travel demand soars.
The airline industry has bounced back strongly around the world following the tricky years of the pandemic, and the latest employment data for the US aviation sector looks quite good. According to Airlines for America, passenger airlines in the country together boast the highest workforce in more than two decades. Largest workforce in nearly 23 years Airlines for America (A4A), a trade organization that represents major US passenger and cargo airlines, has revealed that that country’s airline industry now has a workforce of more than one million people.
This translates into the highest number of people employed by US airlines in the last 23 years. A4A used the most recent data from the Department of Transportation (DOT) to come up with these numbers. Rebecca Spicer, Senior Vice President of Communications at A4A, commented, “These one million men and women are the backbone of our industry, which is why A4A member airlines continue to invest significantly in current and future employees to ensure that we have people trained and in the right places at the right time to accommodate the demand for air travel and shipping.
“We are grateful for our employees’ dedication to getting millions .