Air transportation

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

664k

2024

Average Employee Age

44.8

2024

Estimated Job Growth

4.52%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$98,197

2024

Average Male Salary

$118,169

2024

Average Female Salary

$61,428

2024

About

The top three occupations in the Air transportation Industry Group are aircraft pilots & flight engineers, flight attendants, and aircraft mechanics & service technicians. On average, full-time employees in the Air transportation Industry Group work 43.8 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $101,764. Part-time employees in the same industry work 22.8 hours and earn an average annual salary of $85,184.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Air transportation Industry Group are Three Rivers Regional Commission (North Central)--Coweta County PUMA, GA, Atlanta Regional Commission (South Central)--Fayette County PUMA, GA, and Tarrant County (Northeast)--Grapevine, Southlake & Colleyville Cities PUMA, TX.

The workforce of Air transportation Industry Group in 2024 was 663,583 people, with 35.2% woman, and 64.8% men.

In 2024, 58.9% of the workforce in the Air transportation Industry Group was White (390,617 people), of which 31.2% were women and 68.8% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Air transportation Industry Group.

The workforce in Air transportation Industry Group was 663,583 people and is concentrated in Texas (92,815 workers). The average annual salary was $98,197, being $28,319 more than the national average salary, which was $69,878.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

Y-Axis

9.92%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 438k people employed in the Air Transportation industry. This represents a 9.92% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Air Transportation over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2024 were Texas (92.8k), Florida (78.5k), and California (58.7k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Air transportation Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2024, Air transportation Industry Group had an average annual wage of $98,197, $28,319 more than the average national salary of $69,878.

The graph shows the position of Air transportation Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.455

WAGE GINI

Air transportation has a wage GINI of 0.455, which is less than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Air transportation (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Air transportation Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Air transportation Industry Group.

Aircraft pilots & flight engineers are the most common position with 129,999 workers, but the Air transportation Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Flight attendants and Aircraft mechanics & service technicians.

The highest average salary in Air transportation goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Air transportation Industry Group according to occupations. In 2024, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were aircraft pilots & flight engineers (129,999 people), flight attendants (114,769 people), and aircraft mechanics & service technicians (56,892 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$118,169

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$4,513

$61,428

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$2,773

On average, Male workers in the Air transportation Industry Group make 1.92 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Air transportation Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Air transportation Industry Group. Based on estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, this section indicates the amount of money spent by a specific industry in other industries.

The industrial flow illustrates the intermediate inputs and the use of outputs of the Air transportation Industry Group.

The Air transportation Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Transportation and warehousing Industry.

Florida and California stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Air transportation Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Air transportation is from Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities.

Transportation and warehousing has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Air transportation Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Air transportation Industry Group is Transportation and warehousing.

In this flow diagram, all of the industries listed to the left are those places from which the highlighted industry has made purchases. They are the intermediate inputs to the highlighted industry. All those industries listed on the right side are those industries that have made purchases from the highlighted industry. They are the use of outputs of the highlighted industry. The visualizations below offer alternative ways to see and understand this data.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Air transportation is from Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

Transportation and warehousing
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing
Manufacturing

The Air transportation Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Transportation and warehousing Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Air transportation is from Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Transportation and warehousing Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Air transportation Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Air transportation Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2022

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Air transportation industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Air transportation Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 35.2% corresponds to women and 64.8% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $118,169 and $61,428.

76.2% of workers have a bachelors degree, some college or high school or equivalent.

Gender and Age

233,571

Women

35.2%

430,012

Men

64.8%

The workforce of Air transportation industry in 2024 was 663,583 people, with 35.2% woman, and 64.8% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Air transportation industry.

Races

In 2024, 58.9% of the workforce in the Air transportation industry was White (390,617 people), of which 31.2% were women and 68.8% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black and Two or More Races.

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Air transportation workers in 2024 were bachelors degree (222,193 people), some college (165,554 people), and high school or equivalent (117,797 people).

The chart shows the Air transportation workforce by gender and educational level.

Projections

Growth projections of the Air Transportation industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 4.52% in the next ten years. The Air Transportation industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 4.52%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (25.6%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (25.6%).

Job Growth

4.52%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

4.52%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Air Transportation. This industry is expected to grow approximately the same than 4.52%, the average rate of national job growth.