Flight Attendants
United States. Estimated employment 131,650, with pages for 3 metro areas below.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 53-2031
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$63,580 · 50th
$35,11010th
$51,76025th
$63,58050th
$95,64075th
$136,43090th
That is the median — half of flight attendants in the US earn more.
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Flight Attendants page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
| Metro area | Median | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| New York, NY | $127,740 | 18,030 |
| San Francisco, CA | $89,430 | 4,420 |
| Los Angeles, CA | $79,390 | 10,080 |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Employment
- 131,650 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 53-2031, Flight Attendants. Mapped to our taxonomy as flight-attendants.
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